Diarrhea and hyperammonemia in a horse with progressive neurologic signs

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-253

  Stickle, Julia E ^a   McKnight, Christy A ^a   Williams, Kurt J ^a   Carr, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridial enteritis; Colitis; Horse; Hyperammonemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33745673838     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00125.x     Document Type: Article

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