Seasonal effects on the aerobic bacterial and fungal conjunctival flora of normal thoroughbred brood mares in Florida

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Andrew, Stacy E ^a   Nguyen, An ^b   Jones, Galin L ^c,d   Brooks, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Conjunctiva; Fungi; Horse; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HORSE; MICROORGANISM; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BREEDING; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM SP.; CLADOSPORIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SP.; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; MORAXELLA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HORSES; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 0037645237     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2003.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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