Intrauterine and transmammary transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in sheep

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 504-508

  Lambeth, C ^a   Reddacliff, L A ^b   Windsor, P ^a   Abbott, K A ^c   McGregor, H ^a   Whittington, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 6344278288     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb11171.x     Document Type: Article

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