Wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a possible vector of mycobacterial infections: Review of literature and critical analysis of data from Central Europe between 1983 to 2001

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 51-65

  Machackova, Marketa ^a   Matlova, L ^a   Lamka, J ^a,b   Smolik, J ^c   Melicharek, I ^d   Hanzlikova, M ^d   Docekal, J ^c   Cvetnic, Z ^e   Nagy, G ^f   Lipiec, M ^g   Ocepek, M ^h   Pavlik, I ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^c Department of Epizootiology   (Czech Republic)

^d State Veterinary Diagnostic Institute   (Slovakia)

^e CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^f CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^g NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Johne's disease; Risk assessment; Tuberculosis; Veterinary epidemiology; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BULGARIA; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; GERMANY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ITALY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPAIN;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; HAWAIIA; MELES MELES; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; PHALANGERIDAE; SIMIAE; SUS SCROFA; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0038036788     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5750-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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