PCR analysis of the presence and location of Mycobacterium avium in a constructed reed bed, with implications for avian tuberculosis control

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 320-328

  Drewe, Julian A ^a,b,e   Mwangi, David ^a,b   Donoghue, Helen D ^c   Cromie, Ruth L ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium avium; Phragmites australis; Typha latifolia; Wildfowl

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; BIRD; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISEASE CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REEDBED; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN; TYPHACEAE; WETLANDS;

AVES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 58149133835     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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