Comparison of different methods for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis from tuberculin-or interferon-γ-reacting cattle in Spain

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 465-471

  Gonzalez Llamazares O R ^b   Gutierrez Martin C B ^b   Aranaz Martin A ^b   Liebana Criado E ^b   Dominguez Rodriguez L ^b   Rodriguez Ferri E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTOLOGY; RNA; TISSUE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AURAMINE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; M. TUBERCULOSIS; MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES; O METHODS; POST MORTEM;

INTERFERONS;

AURAMINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032697185     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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