Genotyping of mycobacterium bovis isolates from badgers in four areas of the Republic of Ireland by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 619-623

  Costello, E ^a   Flynn, O ^a   Quigley, F ^a   O'Grady, D ^a   Griffin, J ^b   Clegg, T ^b   McGrath, G ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE PROBE; GENOTYPE; INSECTIVORE; IRELAND; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY; TISSUE CULTURE;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 34548260916     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.19.619     Document Type: Article

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