Recurrent uveitis in horses: Vitreal examinations with ultrastructural detection of leptospires

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 270-275

  Brandes, K ^a   Wollanke, B ^a   Niedermaier, G ^a   Brem, S ^b   Gerhards, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 34249085620     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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