Evaluation of the efficacy of gallium maltolate for chemoprophylaxis against pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi infection in foals

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 945-957

  Keith Chaffin, M ^a   Cohen, Noah D ^a   Martens, Ronald J ^a   O'Conor, Michael ^a   Bernstein, Lawrence R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Terrametrix   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GALLIUM; GALLIUM MALTOLATE; GENTAMICIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIRTH; BREEDING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOAL; HORSE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 79960191871     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.7.945     Document Type: Article

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