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Upper and lower respiratory tract microbiota in horses: bacterial communities associated with health and mild asthma (inflammatory airway disease) and effects of dexamethasone

BACKGROUND: The microbial composition of the equine respiratory tract, and differences due to mild equine asthma (also called Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD)) have not been reported. The primary treatment for control of IAD in horses are corticosteroids. The objectives were to characterize the upp...

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Autores principales: Bond, Stephanie L., Timsit, Edouard, Workentine, Matthew, Alexander, Trevor, Léguillette, Renaud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-1092-5