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Helcococcus ovis isolated from a pulmonary abscess in a horse
Chantal M Rothschild1, J Lindsay Oaks, Jennifer K Schaupp
1Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|May 8, 2004
Abstract:
Helcococcus ovis, a recently described organism cultured from sheep, was isolated in pure culture from a pulmonary abscess in a horse. This is the first report of this organism in horses and the first report in veterinary medicine to clearly demonstrate a pathogenic role for this organism.