Outbreak of Mycobacterium bovis infection in a wild animal park

Veterinary Record

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 304-307

  Schmidbauer, S M ^a,e   Wohlsein, P ^a   Kirpal, G ^b   Beineke, A ^a   Muller G ^a   Muller H ^c   Moser, I ^d   Baumgartner, W ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Wild Animal Park 'Schwarze Berge'   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BISON BONASUS; BOS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MELES MELES; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA VITTATUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 34548832297     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.161.9.304     Document Type: Article

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