Differential distribution of vapA-positive Rhodococcus equi in affected and unaffected horse-breeding farms

Vet Rec. 2017 Aug 5;181(6):145. doi: 10.1136/vr.104088. Epub 2017 Jun 22.

Authors

S Petry¹, C Sévin², M A Fleury¹, F Duquesne¹, N Foucher¹, C Laugier³, M Henry-Amar⁴, J Tapprest²

Affiliations

¹ ANSES, Dozulé Laboratory for Equine Diseases, Bacteriology and Parasitology Unit, Goustranville 14430, France.
² ANSES, Dozulé Laboratory for Equine Diseases, Epidemiology and Pathology Unit, Goustranville 14430, France.
³ ANSES, Dozulé Laboratory for Equine Diseases, Goustranville 14430, France.
⁴ Centre de lutte contre le cancer François Baclesse, Avenue du Général Harris, Caen cedex 5, 14076, France.

PMID: 28642343
DOI: 10.1136/vr.104088

No abstract available

Keywords: Rhodococcus equi; Pneumonia; horse; soil geochemistry; virulence-associated plasmid.

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Actinomycetales Infections / veterinary*
Animals
Breeding
Farms
France
Horse Diseases / microbiology*
Horses
Rhodococcus equi / genetics*
Soil Microbiology*