Endoscopic scoring of mucus quantity and quality: Observer and horse variance and relationship to inflammation, mucus viscoelasticity and volume

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 576-582

  Gerber, V ^a,b   Straub, R ^b   Marti, E ^b   Hauptman, J ^a   Herholz, C ^b   King, M ^c   Imhof, A ^b   Tahon, L ^b   Robinson, N E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

COPD; Endoscopy; Horse; IAD; Mucus; RAO; Scoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HORSE; INFLAMMATION; MUCUS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; TRACHEA MUCUS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 8644286732     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044864525     Document Type: Article

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