Strangles: Taking steps towards eradication

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 50-60

  Waller, Andrew S ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELISA; QPCR; Strangles; Streptococcus equi; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; NITROSOGUANIDINE; PINNACLE IN VACCINE; SEPTAVAC; STRANGVAC; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ERADICATION; GOLD STANDARD; HORSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; STRANGLES; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ELISA; QPCR; STRANGLES; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; VACCINE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 84889093004     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.03.033     Document Type: Article

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