An atypical case of a Myocobacterium avium avium infection in an Arabian foal;Ein atypischer fall einer mycobacterium avium avium infektion bei einem Arabischen vollblutfohlen

Praktische Tierarzt

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 558-562

  Aupperle, Heike ^a   Huth, Heidrun ^a   Kuhn T ^b   Uhlig, A ^c  

^a Institut fur Veterinar Pathologie   (Germany)

^b Labor Diagnostik GmbH Leipzig   (Germany)

^c Medizinischen Tierklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horse; Microbiology; Mycobacterium avium; Pathology; PCR

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; EQUIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. AVIUM;

EID: 47749086685     PISSN: 0032681X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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