Blood culture status in mature horses with diarrhoea: A possible association with survival

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-164

  Johns, I ^a   Tennent Brown, B ^a   Dallap Schaer, B ^a   Southwood, L ^a   Boston, R ^a   Wilkins, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Blood culture; Colitis; Diarrhoea; Horse; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PANTOEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; COMORBIDITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PANTOEA; POTASSIUM; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YEASTS;

EID: 66349123933     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516409X360208     Document Type: Article

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