Foal-related risk factors associated with development of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia on farms with endemic infection

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1791-1799

  Chaffin, M Keith ^a   Cohen, Noah D ^a   Martens, Ronald J ^a   Edwards, Ronnie F ^b   Nevill, Mark ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heart of Texas Equine Clinic   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORSE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RISK FACTOR;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0346955856     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1791     Document Type: Article

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