It isn't for lack of effort that the equine industry still doesn't have new options for treating Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals. "To date, alternatives to macrolides for effective treatment of R. equi pneumonia in foals have not been identified. Thus, when new macrolide treatments are developed, there is considerable interest among equine practitioners and farm managers about the prospects of

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