Conjunctival vaccination of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) with bacille Calmette-Guérin

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-136

  Corner, L A L ^a   Buddle, B M ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BCG; Bovine tuberculosis; Brushtail possum; Conjunctivae; Mycobacterium bovis; Trichosurus vulpecula; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; AUTOPSY; BACTERIOLOGY; BCG VACCINATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EUTHANASIA; EYE INFLAMMATION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BCG VACCINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; INSTILLATION, DRUG; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 17244374871     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36490     Document Type: Article

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