Mycobacterium bovis in the environment: Towards our understanding of its biology

Cattle Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-126

  Courtenay, O ^a   Wellington, E M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badgers; Bovine tuberculosis; Cell viability; Environmental mycobacteria; Infectious disease; Infectivity; Survival; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 57549101173     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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