Assessment of serum amyloid a testing of horses and its clinical application in A specialized equine practice

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-119

  Belgrave, Rodney L ^a   Dickey, Meranda M ^b   Arheart, Kristopher L ^b   Cray, Carolyn ^a  

^a Mid Atlantic Equine Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84879316046     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.243.1.113     Document Type: Article

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