Tetanus in cats: 3 Clinical cases;Tetanus bei katzen: 3 Fallbeschreibungen

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 295-302

  Tomek, A ^a,e   Kathmann, I ^a   Faissler, D ^b   Cizinauskas, S ^c   Timmann, D ^a   Reimer, Y ^a   Moser, J ^d   Jaggy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Kleintierpraxis   (Switzerland)

^e VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cat; Resistance; Tetanospasmin; Tetanus; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CAT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAM; LEG; NONHUMAN; SPASTICITY; TETANUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 3042560423     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.146.6.295     Document Type: Article

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