Comparison of the type and number of microorganisms and concentration of endotoxin in the air of feedyards in the Southern High Plains

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Purdy, Charles W ^a   Straus, David C ^b   Parker, David B ^c   Wilson, Stephen C ^b   Clark, R Nolan ^a  

^a Conserv/Prod Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DUST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUMMER; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WINTER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGI; SEASONS; TEXAS; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0347286897     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.45     Document Type: Article

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