Rhodococcus equi pleuropneumonia in an adult horse;Pleuropneumonic à Rhodococcus equi chez un cheval adulte

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 706-708

  Vengust, Modest ^a   Stæmpfli, Henry ^a   Prescott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMAZINE; ERYTHROMYCIN ESTOLATE; FLUNAZINE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; THYROID HORMONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HORSE; LETHARGY; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURISY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

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

EID: 0036746261     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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