Common variable immunodeficiency in a horse with chronic peritonitis

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 393-399

  Tennent Brown, B S ^a   Navas de Solis, C ^b   Foreman, J H ^c   Goetz, T E ^c   Fredrickson, R L ^c   Borst, L B ^d   Flaminio, M J B F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Hypogammaglobulinaemia; Immunodeficiency; Lymphopenia; Peritonitis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS EQUULI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 77955129369     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: 20423292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2010.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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