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Comparison of the phenotypes of Streptococcus zooepidemicus isolated from tonsils of healthy horses and specimens obtained from foals and donkeys with pneumonia.
American journal of veterinary research - 1 Feb 2000
Anzai T, Walker J A, Blair M B, Chambers T M, Timoney J F
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether streptococcal pneumonia is caused by strains of Streptococcus zooepidemicus similar to those obtained from the tonsils of healthy horses. SAMPLE POPULATION: 5 tonsils from healthy horses, 8 tracheal washes and 6 lung specimens from foals with pneumonia, and 5 nasopharyngeal swab specimens from donkeys with acute bronchopneumonia. PROCEDURE: Variable M-like protectively immunogenic...
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