The use of percutaneous thermal sensing microchips for non-invasive measurement of body temperature in foals during summer seasons in a subtropical region

Specific preadaptations of Rhodococcus equi cooperate with its Virulence‐associated protein A during macrophage infection

“…In fact, Casadeval's group showed that more than 4800 tested fungi grow in the lab at 30°C but with every centigrade above 30°C, 6% of the remaining isolates ceased to grow (Robert & Casadevall, 2009). Considering that the body temperatures of foals in the first weeks of their lives is ~38.5°C (Kang et al, 2022), a temperature at which R. equi still grows well (Takai et al, 1994), thermotolerance may be a key reason why R. equi became a pathogen and R. defluvii and similar bacteria did not. There is apparently very little precedence for this observation.…”

“…Considering that the body temperatures of foals in the first weeks of their lives is ~38.5°C (Kang et al, 2022), a temperature at which R. equi still grows well (Takai et al, 1994), thermotolerance may be a key reason why R. equi became a pathogen and R. defluvii and similar bacteria did not. There is apparently very little precedence for this observation.…”