Efficacy of azithromycin in preventing pulmonary abscesses in foals

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-303

  Venner, Monica ^a   Reinhold, Birte ^a   Beyerbach, Martin ^a   Feige, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Foal; Lung abscesses; Pneumonia; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOAL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ABSCESS; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 58249102966     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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