Environmental mycobacteria in Ireland as a source of non-specific sensitisation to tuberculins

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 370-373

  Cooney, Rory ^a   Kazda, Jindrich ^b   Quinn, Joe ^a   Cook, Bert ^c   Müller, Klaus ^d   Monaghan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c University of Kiel ^*  (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Environmental Mycobacteria; Non specific Sensitisation to Tuberculins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031485478     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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