Investigation into the Presence of Helicobacter in the Equine Stomach by Urease Testing and Polymerase Chain Reaction and Further Investigation into the Application of the 13C-Urea Blood Test to the Horse
Equine gastric glandular mucosal ulceration can have a prevalence of 58%, yet its etiology is poorly understood. In man Helicobacter pylori is the most common cause of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Helicobacter is uniquely able to colonize the stomach, via the action of cytoplasmic urease. Dif...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33587 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06152004-171715/ |