The effect of bacterial dose and foal age at challenge on Rhodococcus equi infection

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 623-631

  Sanz, M ^a   Loynachan, A ^a   Sun, L ^a   Oliveira, A ^a   Breheny, P ^b   Horohov, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age susceptibility; Experimental challenge; Foal; Pyogranulomatous pneumonia; R. equi

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG LESION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; REMISSION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SURVIVAL; THORAX EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

AGE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL CHALLENGE; FOAL; PYOGRANULOMATOUS PNEUMONIA; R. EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL LOAD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LYMPHOCYTES; PNEUMONIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888073953     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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