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| Sousa,Maria Evódia de; Araújo,Maria Anilda dos Santos; Mota,Rinaldo Aparecido; Porto,Wagnner José Nascimento; Souza,Aryanna Kelly Pinheiro; Santos,Josimeire Lima dos; Silva,Patrícia Paes da. |
| Normal fungal conjunctiva microbiota of horses remains stable in healthy animals, free from ocular and/or systemic diseases which may, eventually, cause ocular alterations. The knowledge of the fungal microbiota is of great importance due to the reduced number of studies reported in the literature and also to the large occurrence of ocular alterations, mainly keratomycosis, in these animals. The aim of this study was to isolate and to identify the fungi present in the ocular conjunctiva of healthy horses belonging to the Military Police Cavalry of Alagoas. Samples from both conjunctival sacks from 50 horses were taken using a sterile swab and submitted to fungal cultures. These samples were seeded by radial spreading of the swabs on the Sabouraud agar... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Microbiota; Fungi; Horses; Ocular conjunctiva. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000300038 |
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