Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a population of horses in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 221-225

  Axon, J E ^a   Carrick, J B ^a   Barton, M D ^b   Collins, N M ^a   Russell, C M ^a   Kiehne, J ^a   Coombs, G ^c  

^a SCONE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Horses; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EQUIDAE; IVA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79954607984     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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