Epidemiological study of paratuberculosis in wild rabbits in Scotland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1746-1751

  Greig, Alastair ^a   Stevenson, Karen ^b   Henderson, Dennis ^a   Perez, Valentin ^b,f   Hughes, Valerie ^b   Pavlik, Ivo ^c   Hines II, Murray E ^d   McKendrick, Iain ^e   Sharp, J Michael ^b  

^a SAC Veterinary Services   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032929877     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1746-1751.1999     Document Type: Article

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