Antibiotic prophylaxis of lower respiratory tract contamination in horses confined with head elevation for 24 or 48 hours

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-131

  Raidal, S L ^a   Taplin, R H ^a   Bailey, G D ^b   Love, D N ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Equine; Pleuropneumonia; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY POSTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURELLA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEUKOCYTES; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PENICILLIN G, PROCAINE; PENICILLINS; POSTURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031068687     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1997.tb14172.x     Document Type: Article

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