Ulcerative keratitis in thoroughbred racehorses in Japan from 1997 to 2008

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Wada, Shinya ^a   Hobo, Seiji ^b,c   Niwa, Hidekazu ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Microbiology Division   (Eritrea)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horse; Microbial culture; Racehorse; Susceptibility test; Thoroughbred; Ulcerative keratitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JAPAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 77951557887     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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