A multicenter case-control study of risk factors for equine protozoal myeloencephalitis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1857-1863

  Cohen, Noah D ^a   MacKay, Robert J ^c   Toby, Ellen ^b   Andrews, Frank M ^d   Barr, Bonnie S ^e   Beech, Jill ^f   Bernard, William V ^e,m   Clark, Carol K ^g   Divers, Thomas J ^h   Furr, Martin O ⁱ   Kohn, Catherine W ^j   Levy, Michel ^k   Reed, Stephen M ^e,j   Seahorn, Thomas L ^l,m   Slovis, Nathan M ^l  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ MARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 38049181565     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.12.1857     Document Type: Article

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