Effects of location for collection of air samples on a farm and time of day of sample collection on airborne concentrations of virulent Rhodococcus equi at two horse breeding farms

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Kuskie, Kyle R ^a   Smith, Jacqueline L ^b   Wang, Naisyin ^c   Carter, Craig N ^b   Chaffin, M Keith ^a   Slovis, Nathan M ^d   Stepusin, Randolph S ^b   Cattoi, Anthony E ^b   Takai, Shinji ^e   Cohen, Noah D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TIME;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE; WIND;

EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 78651449527     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.1.73     Document Type: Article

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