Use of the polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in blood and liver biopsies from experimentally infected sheep

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 622-624

  Gwozdz, J M ^a,b   Thompson, K G ^a   Murray, A ^a   West, D M ^a   Manktelow, B W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paratuberculosis; PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; LIVER; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0034265381     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11938.x     Document Type: Article

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