Conjunctival bacterial and fungal flora in healthy horses in the UK

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-199

  Johns, Imogen C ^a   Baxter, Katherine ^a   Booler, Helen ^a,b   Hicks, Charlotte ^a   Menzies Gow, Nicola ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Bacteria; Equine; Fungus; Normal flora; Ocular

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ABSIDIA; ACINETOBACTER; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; FUNGI; MUCOR; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79955419797     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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