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Association of disease with isolation and virulence of Rhodococcus equi from farm soil and foals with pneumonia

Ronald J. Martens, S Takai, Noah D. Cohen, M. Keith Chaffin, H. Sugimoto, Sonia Lingsweiler

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2000 · 60 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

On the basis of soil microbiologic culture and VapA-P assay results, it is not possible to determine whether foals on a given farm are at increased risk of developing disease caused by R equi.

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