Epidemiology and diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-16

  Mikota, Susan K ^a   Peddie, Linda ^q   Peddie, James ^q   Isaza, Ramiro ^b   Dunker, Freeland ^c   West, Gary ^d,n   Lindsay, William ^d   Larsen, R Scott ^e,o   Salman, M D ^e   Chatterjee, Delphi ^e   Payeur, Janet ^f   Whipple, Diana ^g   Thoen, Charles ^h   Davis, Donald S ⁱ   Sedgwick, Charles ^j   Montali, Richard J ^k   Ziccardi, Michael ^l,p   Maslow, Joel ^m  

^a Audubon Institute for Research on Endangered Species   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Francisco Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^d Feld Entertainment   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^g NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^h IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Los Angeles Zoo   (United States)

^k SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁿ S Antonio Zoological Gdns Aquarium   (United States)

^o NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Elephant; Elephas maximus; Loxodonta africana; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ELEPHANT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOSE MUCOSA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ELEPHANTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASAL MUCOSA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043133762     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0001:EADOMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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