Age at occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in naturally infected dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4557-4566

  Nielsen, S S ^a   Ersboll A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibody occurrence; Bacterial shedding; Paratuberculosis; Test strategy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 33846266995     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72505-X     Document Type: Article

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