Disseminated bovine tuberculosis in a wild red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in southern Spain

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 701-706

  Millán, Javier ^a,d   Jiménez, María Ángeles ^b   Viota, Maria ^a   Candela, Mónica G ^c   Peña, Laura ^b   León Vizcaíno, Luis ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Canidae; Carnivore; Mycobacterium bovis; Scavenger; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACILLI (CLASS); BOS; BOVINAE; CANIDAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; UNGULATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 53049105260     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.3.701     Document Type: Article

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