Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis from environmental samples collected from farms before and after destocking sheep with paratuberculosis

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 559-563

  Whittington, R J ^a,c   Marsh, I B ^a   Taylor, P J ^b   Marshall, D J ^b   Taragel, C ^b   Reddacliff, L A ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 2442658054     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb12887.x     Document Type: Article

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