Isolation of a Mycobacterium microti-like organism from a rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) in a Canadian zoo

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1011-1013

  Lutze Wallace, Cyril ^a   Turcotte, Claude ^a   Glover, Gordon ^b   Cousins, Debby ^c   Bell, John ^a   Berlie Surujballi, Gloria ^a   Barbeau, Yvon ^a   Randall, Geoff ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b Assiniboine Park Zoo   (Canada)

^c Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYRAX; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CANADA; FEMALE; HYRAXES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 33751089049     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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