Role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of recurrent uveitis in horses from the southeastern United States

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1329-1335

  Gilger, Brian C ^a   Salmon, Jacklyn H ^a   Yi, Na Y ^a   Barden, Curtis A ^b   Chandler, Heather L ^b   Wendt, Jennifer A ^b   Colitz, Carmen M H ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EYE INFECTION; HORSE DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 56049113511     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.10.1329     Document Type: Article

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