Equine herpesvirus type 2 (EHV-2) as a predisposing factor for Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals: Prevention of the bifactorial disease with EHV-2 immunostimulating complexes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-68

  Nordengrahn, A ^a   Rusvai, M ^b   Merza, M ^a   Ekstrom J ^a   Morein, B ^a   Belak S ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Equine herpesvirus type 2; Horse; Immunostimulating complex; Iscom; Respiratory disease; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ISCOM;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 2842536762     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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