Tuberculous lesions in pigs in the Czech Republic during 1990-1999: Occurrence, causal factors and economic losses

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 113-125

  Pavlik, Ivo ^a   Matlova, L ^a   Dvorska, L ^a   Bartl, J ^a   Oktabcova, L ^b   Docekal, J ^b   Parmova, I ^c  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b District Veterinary Administration   (Czech Republic)

^c Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mycobacteriosis; PCR; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM EQUI; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; JAW DISEASE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MESENTERY DISEASE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038729971     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5758-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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