Isolation of Streptococcus zooepidemicus from three dogs in close contact with horses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 102-103

  Acke, E ^a,b   Abbott, Y ^a   Pinilla, M ^a   Markey, B K ^a   Leonard, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RHINITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHINITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 77955915538     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c3207     Document Type: Article

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