Temporal clinical exacerbation of summer pasture-associated recurrent airway obstruction and relationship with climate and aeroallergens in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1635-1642

  Costa, Lais R R ^a,c   Johnson, Jill R ^a   Baur, Matthew E ^b   Beadle, Ralph E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVULARIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HEAT; HORSE DISEASE; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGROSPORA; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER PASTURE ASSOCIATED RECURRENT AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LOUISIANA; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; CURVULARIA; EQUIDAE; NIGROSPORA;

EID: 33748751490     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.9.1635     Document Type: Article

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