Factors associated with West Nile virus disease fatalities in horses

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1137-1145

  Epp, Tasha ^a   Waldner, Cheryl ^a   West, Keith ^b   Townsend, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Prairie Diagnostic Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SASKATCHEWAN; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 36849075162     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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