Blood-based assays to detect Mycobacterium bovis-infected cattle missed by tuberculin skin testing

Veterinary Record

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 382-384

  Coad, M ^a   Downs, S H ^b   Durr, P A ^b,c   Clifton Hadley, R S ^a   Hewinson, R G ^a   Vordermeier, H M ^a   Whelan, A O ^a  

^a TB Research Group

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 42149162873     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.12.382     Document Type: Article

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