Factors associated with survival of neonatal foals with bacteremia and racing performance of surviving Thoroughbreds: 423 Cases (1982-2007)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1446-1452

  Sanchez, L Chris ^a   Giguère, Steeve ^a   Lester, Guy D ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CREATININE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTEREMIA; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPHILS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 56649124427     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.9.1446     Document Type: Article

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