The tuberculin test - A safe means to test a cattle population for bovine tuberculosis

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 680-684

  Good, Margaret ^a   Higgins, Isabella ^b   Maher, Peter ^a  

^a An Roinn Talmhaiochta lascaigh agus Bia   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 36148956188     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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