Isolation of conditionally pathogenic mycobacteria from the environment of one pig farm and the effectiveness of preventive measures between 1997 and 2003

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 392-404

  Pavlik, Ivo ^a   Matlova, L ^a   Gilar, M ^b   Bartl, J ^a   Parmova, I ^c   Lysak, F ^d   Alexa, M ^a   Dvorska Bartosova, L ^a   Svec, V ^b   Vrbas, V ^a   Horvathova, A ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b State Veterinary District Administration   (Czech Republic)

^c Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

^d Field Veterinarian   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Avian mycobacteriosis; DnaJ; Ecology; Food safety; IS1245; IS901; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM NONCHROMOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 34548571882     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/1997-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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