Effect of agricultural and environmental factors on the hay characteristics involved in equine respiratory disease

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-215

  Séguin, Virginie ^a   Lemauviel Lavenant, Servane ^a   Garon, David ^a   Bouchart, Valérie ^b   Gallard, Yves ^c   Blanchet, Benoit ^c   Diquelou, Sylvain ^a   Personeni, Emmanuelle ^a   Gauduchon, Pascal ^a   Ourry, Alain ^a  

^a Biology and Innovative Therapeutics for Ovarian Cancers group   (France)

^b Laboratoire Départemental Franck Duncombe   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Breathable dust; Endotoxin; Fungi; Grassland; Mycotoxin; Pollen; Recurrent Airway Obstruction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DRY MATTER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; HARVESTING; HAY; HORSE; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EQUIDAE; EUROTIUM AMSTELODAMI; EUROTIUM REPENS; FUNGI;

EID: 70449534619     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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