Association between respiratory disease and bacterial and viral infections in British racehorses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-126

  Wood, J L N ^a   Newton, J R ^a   Chanter, N ^a,b   Mumford, J A ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Animal Health Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; HORSE; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY LOWER AIRWAY DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA; NEUTROPHIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEROCONVERSION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEA; TRACHEITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACHEA; VIRUS DISEASES;

ACTINOBACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRONCHUS; EQUIDAE; EQUINE HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUUS CABALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA EQUIRHINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11844290746     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.120-126.2005     Document Type: Article

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