Identification of Predictors of Salmonella Shedding in Adult Horses Presented for Acute Colic

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1177-1185

  Dallap Schaer, B L ^a   Aceto, H ^a   Caruso, M A ^a   Brace, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Colic; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal; Infection control; Patient surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLIC; DIARRHEA; FECES; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLIC; DIARRHEA; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84866325384     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2012.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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