Comparison of immunomagnetic bead separation-polymerase chain reaction and faecal culture for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in sheep faeces

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 497-500

  Mason, O ^a,b   Marsh, I B ^a   Whittington, R J ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EVALUATION; FECES; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FECES; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

EID: 0035405067     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb13024.x     Document Type: Article

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