Investigation of the prevalence of summer eczema in Icelandic horses in northern Germany;Untersuchung der prävalenz des sommerekzems beim islandpferd in Norddeutschland

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 481-489

  Lange, Susanne ^a   Hamann, Henning ^a   Deegen, Eckehard ^a   Ohnesorge, Bernhard ^a   Distl, Ottmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Icelandic horse; Inbreeding coefficient; Origin; Prevalence; Sex; Summer eczema

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ICELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ICELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 27744527412     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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