Diagnosis and management of atypical mycobacterium spp. infections in established laboratory zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) facilities

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 666-672

  Astrofsky, K M ^a   Schrenzel, M D ^a   Bullis, R A ^a   Smolowitz, R M ^a   Fox, J G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISH DISEASES; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0034496508     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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