Associations between the Exposure to Airborne Virulent Rhodococcus equi and the Incidence of R equi Pneumonia among Individual Foals

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 463-469

  Kuskie, Kyle R ^a   Smith, Jacqueline L ^b   Sinha, Samiran ^c   Carter, Craig N ^b   Chaffin, Morgan K ^a   Slovis, Nathan M ^d   Brown, Stuart E ^d   Stepusin, Randolph S ^b   Takai, Shinji ^e   Cohen, Noah D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne; Epidemiology; Foal; Pneumonia; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 79960812350     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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