Tuberculosis in kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in the Kruger National Park

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-230

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

^a State Veterinarian   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Kudu; Mycobacterium bovis; Syncerus caffer; Tragelaphus strepsiceros; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0035460499     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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