Tuberculosis in Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) and in a bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) on a game ranch in Central Province, Zambia

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 98-101

  Zieger, U ^a   Pandey, G S ^b   Kriek, N P J ^a   Cauldwell, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus); Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis); Mycobacteriosis; Tuberculosis; Wildlife; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; KOBUS LECHE; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CASE REPORT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RUMINANTS; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032152081     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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