Preliminary observations on the prevalence of sheep shedding Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis after 3 years of a vaccination program for ovine Johne's disease

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 637-638

  Eppleston, J ^a   Reddacliff, L ^b   Windsor, P ^c   Links, I ^b   Whittington, R ^c  

^a Rural Lands Protection Board   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VACCINES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33644822094     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2005.tb13279.x     Document Type: Article

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