Comparison of concentrations of Rhodococcus equi and virulent R. equi in air of stables and paddocks on horse breeding farms in a temperate climate

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-265

  Muscatello, G ^a   Gerbaud, S ^b   Kennedy, C ^c   Gilkerson, J R ^a   Buckley, T ^c   Klay, M ^c   Leadon, D P ^c   Browning, G F ^a  

^a The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c Irish Equine Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; Foal; Horse; Rhodococcus equi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREEDING; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEASON; STANDARD; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IRELAND; MALE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEASONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33745303816     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406776866480     Document Type: Article

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