Outbreak of avian tuberculosis in 48-week-old commercial layer hen flock

Avian Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1055-1061

  González, Marta ^a   Rodriguez Bertos, Antonio ^a   Gimeno, Isabel ^b   Flores, Juana M ^a   Pizarro, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hen; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium avium; Poultry; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 0036816892     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2002)046[1055:OOATIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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