Identification and seasonal distribution of airborne fungi in three horse stables in Italy

Mycopathologia

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Nardoni, Simona ^a   Mancianti, Francesca ^a   Sgorbini, Micaela ^b   Taccini, Fabrizio ^b   Corazza, Michele ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Patologia Animale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Environment; Fungi; Horse stables; Seasonal prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCORALES; PENICILLIUM; SEASON;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ASPERGILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FUNGI; ITALY; MUCORALES; PENICILLIUM; SEASONS;

ALTERNARIA; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; BEAUVERIA; CLADOSPORIUM; DRECHSLERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MUCORACEAE; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 24744431673     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-2669-3     Document Type: Article

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