Prevention of Postoperative Infections in Horses

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-334

  Santschi, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SURGERY, VETERINARY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33746338282     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2006.03.002     Document Type: Review

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