A survey to estimate the herd level prevalence of paratuberculosis in the dairy herd of the United Kingdom

Cattle Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-171

  Caldow, G ^a   Strain, S A J ^b   Chapman, Z ^c   Kemp, R ^c   Cook, A J ^c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CERA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Paratuberculosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 37549048019     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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