Tetracycline therapy of Lawsonia intracellularis enteropathy in foals

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Sampieri, F ^a   Hinchcliff, K W ^a   Toribio, R E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doxycycline; Enteritis; Foal; Horse; Oxytetracycline; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LAWSONIA; MALE; NEWBORN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; MALE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645737477     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406775374270     Document Type: Article

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