Lung tuberculosis in a horse caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium of serotype 2: A case report

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-116

  Pavlik, Ivo ^a   Jahn, P ^b   Moravkova, M ^a   Matlova, L ^a   Treml, F ^b   Cizek, A ^b   Nesnalova, E ^b   Dvorska Bartosova, L ^a   Halouzka, R ^b  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Avian mycobacteriosis; Avian tuberculosis; Mycobacterium avium complex; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AVES; EQUIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 40149103799     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/1987-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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