Serum antibody responses of foals to virulence-associated 15- to 17-kilodalton antigens of Rhodococcus equi

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-71

  Takai, Shinji ^a   Hidaka, Daisuke ^a   Fujii, Masunobu ^a   Shindoh, Yousuke ^a   Murata, Tomoaki ^b   Nakanishi, Shingo ^c   Sasaki, Yukako ^a   Tsubaki, Shiro ^a   Kamada, Masanobu ^d  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Iburi Higashi Regl Vet Clin C   (Japan)

^c Japan Race Horse Association   (Japan)

^d EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

antibody; Rhodococcus equi; serum; virulence associated antigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIPHTHERIA; HORSE DISEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030250044     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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