Temporal patterns and quantification of excretion of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in sheep with Johne's disease

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-37

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

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Excretion; Faeces; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033632255     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb10355.x     Document Type: Article

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