Clinical resolution of Brucella canis-induced ocular inflammation in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1804-1807+1788

  Vinayak, Arathi ^a,c   Greene, Craig E ^a   Moore, Phillip A ^a   Powell Johnson, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Atlanta Veterinary Eye Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ATROPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; FLURBIPROFEN; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISONE ACETATE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRUCELLA CANIS; CATARACT; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; ENUCLEATION; EUTHANASIA; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPHEMA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; KERATOUVEITIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPHOBIA; UREMIA; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREAL HAZE; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HYPHEMA; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 2542583955     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1804     Document Type: Article

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