Equine cutaneous fungal granuloma: A study of 44 lesions from 34 horses

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Valentine, Beth A ^a   Taylor, George H ^a   Stone, Jeffrey K ^a   Halse, Richard R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DEUTEROMYCETES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; RECORDS; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 33745685177     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2006.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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