Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded intestinal tissue by IS900 polymerase chain reaction

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 392-397

  Whittington, R J ^a   Reddacliff, L ^a   Marsh, I ^a   Saunders, V ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Diagnosis; Goats; Histopathology; IS900; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PARAFFIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033139577     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb10315.x     Document Type: Article

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