The effect of a supplement containing sunflower oil, vitamins, amino acids, and peptides on the severity of symptoms in horses suffering insect bite hypersensitivity

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 135, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 520-525

  Van Den Boom, R ^a   Driessen, E ^a   Streumer, S J ^a   Van Sloet Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, M M ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; SUNFLOWER OIL; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PEPTIDES; PLANT OILS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EQUIDAE; HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954512960     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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