Field evaluation of tracer sheep for the detection of early natural infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 426-433

  Reddacliff, L A ^a   McGregor, H ^b   Abbott, K ^c   Whittington, R J ^b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 4644350916     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb11135.x     Document Type: Article

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