Evaluation of modified BACTEC 12B radiometric medium and solid media for culture of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from sheep

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1077-1083

  Whittington, R J ^a   Marsh, I ^a   Mcallister, S ^a   Turner, M J ^a   Marshall, D J ^b   Fraser, C A ^b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SHEEP;

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

EID: 0033041245     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1077-1083.1999     Document Type: Article

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