Oral vaccination reduces the incidence of tuberculosis in free-living brushtail possums

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1669, 2009, Pages 2987-2995

  Tompkins, D M ^a   Ramsey, D S L ^b,f   Cross, M L ^c   Aldwell, F E ^c   De Lisle, G W ^d   Buddle, B M ^e  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^f ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Badger; BCG; Bovine tuberculosis; Oral vaccine; Possum; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VACCINATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 68249103315     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0414     Document Type: Article

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