Risk factors for insect bite hypersensitivity in Friesian horses and Shetland ponies in The Netherlands

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 382-384

  Schurink, Anouk ^a   Podesta, Sabrina C ^a   Ducro, Bart J ^a   van Arendonk, Johan A M ^a   Frankena, Klaas ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body condition; Horse; Insect bite hypersensitivity; Risk factors; Summer eczema

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREED; COAT COLOR; CULICOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORSE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITE; INSECT BITE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MARE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WITHERS HEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; ODDS RATIO; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EQUIDAE; FRIESIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84875063896     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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