Brittle tail syndrome is an emerging infection in horses caused by a keratinolytic fungus Equicapillimyces hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov

The newly described brittle tail syndrome causes weakening and breakage of the tail hair of horses. Extensive mycological and molecular studies showed that a novel fungus Equicapillimyces hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is the most likely cause of this syndrome. It is a septate branching hyaline m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Veterinary microbiology 2012-03, Vol.155 (2-4), p.399-408
Hauptverfasser: Wong, Samson S.Y., Ngan, Antonio H.Y., Riggs, Christopher M., Teng, Jade L.L., Choi, Garnet K.Y., Poon, Rosana W.S., Hui, Janet J.Y., Low, Frank J., Luk, Alez, Yuen, Kwok-Yung
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