Prevalence of antibodies against Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis among beef cow-calf herds

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 497-501

  Dargatz, David A ^a   Byrum, Beverly A ^b   Hennager, Steven G ^c   Barber, Linda K ^b   Kopral, Christine A ^a   Wagner, Bruce A ^a   Wells, Scott J ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035882889     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.497     Document Type: Article

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