Rhodococcus equi research 2008-2012: Report of the Fifth International Havemeyer Workshop

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 523-526

  Cauchard, S ^a   Giguere S ^b   Venner, M ^c   Muscatello, G ^d   Cauchard, J ^a   Cohen, N D ^e   Haas, A ^f   Hines, S A ^g   Hondalus, M K ^b   Horohov, D W ^h   Meijer, W G ⁱ   Prescott, J F ^j   Vazquez Boland J ^k  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Veterinary Clinic   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; EDITORIAL; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84881292374     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evj.12103     Document Type: Editorial

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