Mycobacterial infections in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Czech Republic during the years 2002 to 2005

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 320-332

  Trcka, I ^a   Lamka, J ^a,b   Suchy, R ^b   Kopecna, M ^a   Beran, V ^a   Moravkova, M ^a   Horvathova, A ^a   Bartos, M ^a   Parmova, I ^a,c   Pavlik, Ivo ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^c State Veterinary Diagnostic Institute   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Tuberculosis; Wild animals; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; AVES; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FLAVESCENS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TRIVIALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646829446     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5552-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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