Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria in uterine infections in mares;Isolamento e teste de susceptibilidade a antimicrobianos de bactéirias em infecções uterinas de éguas

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-216

  Silva, N ^a   Braga, C E ^a   Costa, G M ^a   Lobato, F C F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Mare, endometritis

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 0033269106     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09351999000300002     Document Type: Article

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