Horses and the risk of zoonotic infections

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 643-653

  Bender, Jeff B ^a   Tsukayama, Dean T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RABIES VACCINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HORSE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLOSIS; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 7444266392     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2004.07.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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