Hyperlipidaemia in trypanosomiasis of naturally infected horses: Possible cachexia-anorexia syndrome?

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 417-421

  Ranjithkumar, Muthusamy ^a   Malik, Tauseef Ahmed ^a   Saxena, Anju ^a   Dan, Ananya ^a   Sakthivel, Pillanatham Civalingam ^a   Dey, Sahadeb ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood urea nitrogen; Cachexia; Hyperlipidaemia; Low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CACHEXIA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CACHEXIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPIDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84872786454     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0232-z     Document Type: Article

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