Experimental animal infection models for Johne's disease, an infectious enteropathy caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-145

  Begg, Douglas J ^a   Whittington, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Experimental infection; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM VACCINE;

AGE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE; DEER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FARM ANIMAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INOCULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES; PEROMYSCUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 40949105624     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.022     Document Type: Review

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