The re-emergence of mycobacterium bovis infection in brushtail possums (trichosurus vulpecula) after localised possum eradication

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Corner, L A L ^a   Stevenson, M A ^a   Collins, D M ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Brushtail possum; Epidemiology; Mycobacterium bovis; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; REINFECTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALOPIAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BORIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0037390613     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2003.36343     Document Type: Article

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