Phenotypic and molecular typing of tuberculous and nontuberculous Mycobacterium species from slaughtered pigs in Egypt

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-52

  Mohamed, Amr M ^a   Abou El Ella, Ghada A ^a   Nasr, Essam A ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Intergenic spacer and 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis; Molecular typing; Swine mycobacteriosis

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SUIDAE;

EID: 58249122184     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100107     Document Type: Article

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