Equine grass sickness is associated with low antibody levels to Clostridium botulinum: A matched case-control study

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-129

  McCarthy, H E ^a   French, N P ^a   Edwards, G B ^a   Poxton, I R ^b   Kelly, D F ^a   Payne Johnson, C E ^a   Miller, K ^c   Proudman, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Biotrix   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Clostridium botulinum; Equine grass sickness; Horse

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IVERMECTIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG USE; DYSAUTONOMIA; EQUINE GRASS SICKNESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2542627534     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044868611     Document Type: Article

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