Tuberculosis survey of free-ranging marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) in Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-415

  Luna, Janaina O ^a   Santos, Manoel A A ^a   Durigon, Edison L ^a   Araújo, João P ^b   Duarte, José M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blastocerus dichotomus; Marsh deer; Mycobacterium bovis; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCERUS DICHOTOMUS; CAESALPINIA CILIATA; CERVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1642309574     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/02-068     Document Type: Article

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