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Antimicrobial drugs susceptibility of bacterial flora in horses with respiratory tract infections  

조길재 (한국마사회 유전자검사실)
조광현 (경상북도가축위생시험소)
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service / v.27, no.2, 2004 , pp. 153-157 More about this Journal
Abstract
Bacteria isolated from nasal cavity of 50 Thoroughbred horses with respiratory tract infection were examined. There were isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa(33.5%), Escherichia coli(10.2%), Pseudomonas spp(7.6%), Klebsiella oxytoca(5.9%), Streptococcus equi subsp zooepidemious(6.2%), Klebsiella pneumoniae(3.4%), Acinetobacter spp(5.5%) and coagulase negative staphylococcus(2.1%). The majority of isolates were highly susceptible to amikacin, amoxicillin, aztreonam, cefotaxime, cefepime, cefotetan, ceftazidime, cefuroxime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, erythromycin, gentamicin, imipenem, tetracyclin and vancomycin. These results can provide basic information for the treatments of respiratory tract infections in Thoroughbred horses.
Keywords
Bacteria; Respiratory tract infection; Thoroughbred horse;
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