Experimental infection of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) with Mycobacterium bovis by conjunctival instillation

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-184

  Corner, Leigh A L ^a,c   Buddle, B M ^b   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Conjunctiva; Experimental infection; Mycobacterium bovis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIOLOGY; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEDATION; TRACHEITIS; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OPOSSUM; PATHOGENICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALOPIAS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OPOSSUMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0042885742     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(02)00311-8     Document Type: Article

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