Mortality rate and movements of brushtail possums with clinical tuberculosis (mycobacterium bovis infection)

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 179-185

  Ramsey, D ^a   Cowan, P ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Brushtail possum; Disease induced mortality rate; Mycobacterium bovis; Tb; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0012582345     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2003.36361     Document Type: Article

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