Experimental inoculation of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) with Mycobacterium bovis

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-134

  Clarke, K R ^a,b   Fitzgerald, S D ^a,b,d   Hattey, J A ^b   Bolin, C A ^a,b   Berry, D E ^c   Church, S V ^c   Reed, W M ^a,b  

^a Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^d Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Meleagris gallopavo; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculosis; Wild turkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (BIRD); WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PILOT PROJECTS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEYS;

AVES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 33644951495     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7456-101405R.1     Document Type: Article

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