Inflammatory Airway Disease of Horses-Revised Consensus Statement

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 503-515

  Couetil L L ^a   Cardwell, J M ^b   Gerber, V ^c   Lavoie, J P ^d   Leguillette R ^e   Richard, E A ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cough; Heaves; Performance; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84961213022     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.13824     Document Type: Article

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