Effects of Genetic and Environmental Factors on Chronic Lower Airway Disease in Horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-156

  Ramseyer, Alessandra ^a   Gaillard, Claude ^c   Burger, Dominik ^b,d,e   Straub, Reto ^a   Jost, Ursula ^a   Boog, Cornel ^a   Marti, Eliane ^b,d,e   Gerber, Vincent ^a,f  

^a Equine Clinic   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Clinical Research   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Genetics   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e National Stud   (Switzerland)

^f VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equine; Genetics; Lung; Recurrent airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33847033364     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[149:EOGAEF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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