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Genotypic characterization of VapA positive Rhodococcus equi in foals with pulmonary affection and their soil environment on a warmblood horse breeding farm in Germany.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Dec 2007
Venner M, Meyer-Hamme B, Verspohl J, Hatori F, Shimizu N, Sasaki Y, Kakuda T, Tsubaki S, Takai S
Abstract excerpt
Pulsotypes of VapA positive Rhodococcus equi isolated from foals and soil on a farm in Germany were characterized on the basis of nasal and tracheal samples simultaneously collected in 2003 from 217 foals with sonographic evidence of pneumonia or pulmonary abscesses. Of the 217 double samples, R. equi was isolated in 118 (54%) of the tracheal samples and in 52 of the nasal swab samples (24%) (P<0.001)....
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