Disseminated tuberculosis in hyrax (Procavia capensis) caused by Mycobacterium africanum

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-391

  Gudan, Andrea ^a   Artuković, Branka ^a   Cvetnić, Željko ^b   Špičić, Silvio ^b   Beck, Ana ^a   Hohšteter, Marko ^a   Naglić, Tomo ^a   Bata, Ingeborg ^c   Grabarević, Željko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c Zoological Garden of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hyrax; Mycobacterium africanum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROATIA; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HYRAX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CROATIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HYRAXES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; PROCAVIA; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 53549084604     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/06-041.1     Document Type: Article

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