Uterine microbiology and antimicrobial susceptibility in isolated bacteria from mares with fertility problems

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 121-129

  Albihn, A ^a,b   Baverud V ^b   Magnusson, U ^a  

^a Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Haemolytic streptococci; Bacteriology; E. Coli; Endometritis; Equine; Resistance to antibiotics; Streptococcus zooepidemicus; Subfertility; Uterine swab samples

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FUNGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SWEDEN; UTERINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 1842730222     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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