Acute recumbency associated with Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in a horse

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1964-1966+1931

  Nolen Walston, Rose D ^a   D'oench, Sarah M ^a   Hanelt, Lisa M ^b   Sharkey, Leslie C ^a   Paradis, Mary Rose ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Parrott Equine Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GUAIFENESIN; KETAMINE; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; XYLAZINE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HORSE DISEASE; LETHARGY; NONHUMAN; RECUMBENCY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCLUSION BODIES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 2942621933     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1964     Document Type: Article

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