Fungal and bacterial isolation from racehorses with infectious dermatosis

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 89-93

  Shimozawa, Kunio ^a   Anzai, Toru ^b   Kamada, Masanobu ^b   Takatori, Kosuke ^c  

^a Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatosis; Horse; Microsporum equinum; Staphylococcus; Trichophyton equinum

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244306235     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.8.89     Document Type: Article

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