Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium bovis, in a kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) from a commercial game farm in the Malelane area of the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-241

  Bengis, R G ^a   Keet, D F ^a   Michel, A L ^b   Kriek, N P J ^c  

^a State Veterinarian   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Kudu; Tragelaphus strepsiceros; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; CARRIER STATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0035438418     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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