Mycobacterium bovis infection and tuberculosis in cattle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-127

  Pollock, John M ^a   Neill, S D ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Latency; Mycobacterium bovis; Pathogenesis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPOSURE; HOST; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT PERIOD; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0036490332     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.2001.0655     Document Type: Review

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