An evaluation of tuberculin skin tests used to diagnose tuberculosis in swamp buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-135

  Kanameda, M ^a   Ekgatat, M ^a   Wongkasemjit, S ^a   Sirivan, C ^a   Pachimasiri, T ^a   Kongkrong, C ^a   Buchaphan, K ^a   Boontarat, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 0033614260     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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