Tuberculosis and badgers: New approaches to diagnosis and control

Journal of Applied Microbiology Symposium Supplement

Volumn 94, Issue 32, 2003, Pages

  Gormley, E ^a   Costello, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCG VACCINATION; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0038408772     PISSN: 02674440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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