Review of the diagnosis and study of tuberculosis in non-bovine wildlife species using immunological methods

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 215-227

  Chambers, M A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Mycobacterium bovis; Serology; Test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NITRIC OXIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 68149144333     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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