Owner assessment in judging the efficacy of airway disease treatment

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-158

  Gerber, V ^a,b   Schott Ii, H C ^a   Robinson, N E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Heaves; Horse; Inflammatory airway disease; Recurrent airway obstruction; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

4 PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; 4-PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PHENYLBUTYRATES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79951988236     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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