Epidemiology of Airborne Virulent Rhodococcus equi at Horse Breeding Farms

Rhodococcus equi causes severe pneumonia, resulting in disease and sometimes death of foals. Infection is thought to occur by inhalation of dust contaminated with virulent R equi. A recent study of 3 horse breeding farms in Ireland found airborne concentrations of virulent R equi to be significantly...

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Main Author: Kuskie, Kyle Ryan
Other Authors: Cohen, Noah D.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10270