Tracing movement of African buffalo in southern Africa

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 630-639

  Vosloo, W ^a   Bastos, A D S ^b   Michel, A ^a   Thomson, G R ^a,c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Organisation of African Unity/I   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Bovine tuberculosis; Foot and mouth disease virus; Southern Africa; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035650142     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.20.2.1295     Document Type: Article

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