Bovine tuberculosis in African buffaloes: Observations regarding Mycobacterium bovis shedding into water and exposure to environmental mycobacteria

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Michel, Anita L ^a   De Klerk, Lin Mari ^b   Van Pittius, Nico C Gey ^c   Warren, Rob M ^c   Van Helden, Paul D ^c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ENGBAEKII; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM THERMORESISTIBILE; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 38449088006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-23     Document Type: Article

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