Fungal Dermatitis Caused by Aspergillus sydowii in a Thoroughbred Horse

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 835-839

  Lee, Sang Kyu ^a,b   Kang, Hyun Gu ^b   Na, Ki Jeong ^b   Han, Jae Ik ^b  

^a Equine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspergillus sydowii; Dermatitis; Horse; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; EQUIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 84870417203     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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