Necrotizing Enteritis and Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Associated With Equine Coronavirus Infection in Equids

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1148-1156

  Giannitti, F ^a,b   Diab, S ^a   Mete, A ^a   Stanton, J B ^c   Fielding, L ^d   Crossley, B ^a   Sverlow, K ^a   Fish, S ^a   Mapes, S ^e   Scott, L ^f   Pusterla, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Idaho Equine Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

betacoronavirus; encephalopathy; enteritis; equine coronavirus; horse; hyperammonemia; immunohistochemistry; infectious disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORONAVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTERITIS; EQUIDAE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NECROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN DISEASES; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTERITIS; EQUIDAE; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECROSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84937988663     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985814568683     Document Type: Article

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