Mixed inheritance of equine recurrent airway obstruction

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 626-630

  Gerber, V ^a   Baleri, D ^a   Klukowska Rotzler J ^a   Swinburne, J E ^a,b   Dolf, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Heaves; Horse; Lung; Major gene; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MODELS, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 67449095917     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0292.x     Document Type: Article

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