Strangles: A pathogenic legacy of the war horse

Veterinary Record

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 91-92

  Waller, Andrew S ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; VETERINARY; WAR;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 84955282402     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.i123     Document Type: Review

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