Case report rapport de cas equine protozoal myeloencephalitis caused by Neospora hughesi in an adult horse in saskatchewan

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 851-853

  Wobeser, Bruce K ^a   Godson, Dale L ^a   Rejmanek, Daniel ^b   Dowling, Patricia ^a  

^a Prairie Diagnostic Services   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA HUGHESI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATALITY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEOSPORA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 70149095488     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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