Evaluation of the bacterial microflora of the conjunctival sac of healthy dogs and dogs with atopic dermatitis

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 490-496

  Furiani, Nicla ^a,b   Scarampella, Fabia ^b   Martino, Piera Anna ^c   Panzini, Ilaria ^d   Fabbri, Elisabetta ^d   Ordeix, Laura ^e  

^a Clinica Veterinaria Pirani   (Italy)

^b Studio Dermatologico Veterinario   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Settore Ricerca e Innovazione Azienda USL   (Italy)

^e Hospital Ars Veterinaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEPHAROCONJUNCTIVITIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLEPHARITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DOG DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BLEPHARITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861930054     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2011.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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