Association of perinatal exposure to airborne rhodococcus equi with risk of pneumonia caused by R equi in foals

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-109

  Cohen, Noah D ^a   Chaffin, Keith ^a   Kuskie, Kyle R ^a   Syndergaard, Melissa K ^b   Blodgett, Glenn P ^b   Takai, Shinji ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 6666 Ranch ^*  (United States)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEASONS; TEXAS; VIRULENCE;

RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 84872067624     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.74.1.102     Document Type: Article

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