Vaccination of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) against Mycobacterium bovis infection with bacille Calmette-Guérin: The response to multiple doses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-336

  Corner, L A L ^a,c   Buddle, B M ^b   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacille Calmette Gu rin; Bovine tuberculosis; Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula); Mycobacterium bovis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM; BCG VACCINATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; REVACCINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; OPOSSUMS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ALOPIAS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0037016831     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(01)00461-8     Document Type: Article

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