Diagnostic and epidemiological features of Lawsonia intracellularis enteropathy in 2 foals

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 689-691

  Dauvillier, Julie ^a   Picandet, Valérie ^a   Harel, Josée ^a   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a   Desrosiers, Robert ^b   Jean, Daniel ^a   Lavoie, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; APO ERYTHRO S; APO METRONIDAZOLE; CEFTIOFUR; CIMETIDINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN ESTOLATE; FENBENDAZOLE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NOVO TRIMEL; SULFADOXINE PLUS TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROPATHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GASTROSCOPY; HORSE; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; LAWSONIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; LEUKOPENIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TACHYPNEA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS;

EID: 33746599806     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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