Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy in a 12-Year-Old American Quarter Horse

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 177-191

  Wong, David ^a   Scarratt, W Kent ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CLONIXIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CLONIXIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPES;

EID: 33646074790     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2005.12.003     Document Type: Review

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