Heart disease in cattle: Diagnosis, therapeutic approaches and prognosis

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-263

  Buczinski, Sébastien ^a   Rezakhani, Ali ^b   Boerboom, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Bovine cardiology; Cardiomyopathy; Congenital heart defect; Pericarditis; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; COR PULMONALE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART DISEASES; PROGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77952544354     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.05.005     Document Type: Review

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