Use of a novel serological test for exposure to Streptococcus equi subspecies equi in hospitalised horses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 294-297

  Knowles, E J ^a   Mair, T S ^a   Butcher, N ^b   Waller, A S ^b   Wood, J L N ^c  

^a BELL EQUINE VETERINARY CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; IRRIGATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 85047683226     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.166.10.294     Document Type: Article

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