Surveillance of wildlife for Mycobacterium bovis infection using culture of pooled tissue samples from ferrets (Mustela furo)

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-18

  de Lisle, G W ^a   Yates, G F ^a   Caley, P ^b   Corboy, R J ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c AgriQuality   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ferret; Mustela furo; Mycobacterium bovis; Survey; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TISSUE CULTURE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FERRETS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA FURO; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 15444380439     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36463     Document Type: Article

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