Evaluation of nasotracheal aspiration as a diagnostic tool for Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 560-564

  Hashikura, S ^b   Higuchi, T ^b   Taharaguchi, S ^b   Orita, Y ^b   Nanao, Y ^b   Takai, S ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hidaka Agriculture Mutual Aid Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Foal; Horse; Nasotracheal aspiration; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; EVALUATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SUCTION; TRACHEA;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SUCTION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034328267     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516400777584587     Document Type: Review

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