Contribution to the diagnosis of Johne's disease in cattle. Comparative studies on the validity of Ziehl-Neelsen staining, faecal culture and a commercially available DNA-Probe® test in detecting Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in faeces from cattle

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-140

  Zimmer, K ^a   Drager K G ^a   Klawonn, W ^a   Hess, R G ^a  

^a Landesveterinaruntersuchungsamt R   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA PROBE; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLORING AGENTS; DNA PROBES; FECES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033092289     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0931-1793.1999.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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