Pooled fecal culture sampling for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis at different herd sizes and prevalence

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Van Schaik, G ^a,b   Stehman, S M ^a   Schukken, Y H ^a   Rossiter, C R ^a   Shin, S J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0037639076     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870301500304     Document Type: Article

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