Mycobacterium caprae infection in cattle and pigs on one family farm in Croatia: A case report

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 523-531

  Cvetnic, Z ^a   Spicic, S ^a   Katalinic Jankovic, V ^b   Marjanovic, S ^a   Obrovac, M ^b   Benic, M ^a   Mitak, M ^a   Pavlik, Ivo ^c  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Zagreb Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Food safety; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Swine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33751394704     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5586-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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