Implications of tuberculosis in African wildlife and livestock

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 251-255

  Michel, Anita L ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Livestock; Mycobacterium bovis; South Africa; Tuberculosis; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREDATOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WILDLIFE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; LETHRINIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036412679     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04387.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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