Antibodies to Aqx toxin of Actinobacillus equuli in horses and foals

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 231-233

  Berthoud, H ^a   Frey, J ^a   Sternberg, S ^b   Straub, R ^a   Kuhnert, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS EQUULI; ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CYTOTOXICITY; HORSE; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUTH FLORA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; SEPTICEMIA; SERUM;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS EQUULI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 4544322211     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.8.231     Document Type: Article

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