Efficacy of a killed vaccine for the control of paratuberculosis in Australian sheep flocks

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 77-90

  Reddacliff, L ^a   Eppleston, J ^b   Windsor, P ^c   Whittington, R ^c   Jones, S ^d  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Rural Lands Protection Board   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Paratuberculosis; Sheep; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED; WEIGHT GAIN; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646813947     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.12.021     Document Type: Article

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