Molecular fingerprinting confirms extensive cow-to-cow intra-herd transmission of a single Mycobacterium bovis strain

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 269-276

  Perumaalla, V S ^a   Adams, L G ^a   Payeur, J ^b   Baca, D ^c   Ficht, T A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c Texas Animal Health Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Epidemiology; Molecular fingerprints; Mycobacterium bovis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COW; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

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

EID: 0032704056     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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