Clinical and epidemiological investigation of chronic upper respiratory diseases caused by beta-haemolytic Streptococci in horses

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-260

  Laus, F ^a   Preziuso, S ^a   Spaterna, A ^a   Beribe F ^a   Tesei, B ^a   Cuteri, V ^a  

^a Department of Veterinary Science ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Diagnosis; Horse; PCR; S. equi; S. equisimilis; S. zooepidemicus; Strangle; Upper respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HORSE DISEASE; LAVAGE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. EQUI;

EID: 34249650250     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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