Isolation of Mycobacterium bovis and other mycobacterial species from ferrets and stoats

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 402-407

  de Lisle, Geoffrey W ^a   Pamela Kawakami, R ^a   Yates, Gary F ^a   Collins, Desmond M ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Ferret; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium triplex; Wildlife surveillance

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; DEER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FERRET; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FLORENTINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HOLSATICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTERJECTUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SEPTICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TRIPLEX; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STOAT; WEASLE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TRIPLEX;

EID: 53549124974     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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