Streptococcus zooepidemicus: An emerging canine pathogen

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Priestnall, Simon ^a   Erles, Kerstin ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dog; Haemorrhagic; Pneumonia; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; NOSE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 79953779846     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.04.028     Document Type: Review

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