Epidemiologic study of results of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of isolates of Rhodococcus equi obtained from horses and horse farms

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-161

  Cohen, Noah D ^a   Smith, Karen E ^a   Ficht, Thomas A ^a   Takai, Shinji ^b   Libal, Melissa C ^c   West, Brian R ^d   delRosario, Lemuel S ^d   Becu, Teotimu ^e   Leadon, Desmond P ^f   Buckley, Thomas ^f   Chaffin, M Keith ^a   Martens, Ronald J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e Clinica Equina   (Argentina)

^f IRISH EQUINE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HORSE; IRELAND; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IRELAND; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TEXAS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 12244309515     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.153     Document Type: Article

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