Infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium in a 10 year old Freiberger mare

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 443-447

  Ryhner, T ^a,b   Wittenbrink, M ^a   Nitzl, D ^a   Zeller, S ^a   Gygax, D ^a   Wehrli Eser, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Horse; Mycobacterium avium subsp. Avium; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. AVIUM;

EID: 70149108766     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.151.9.443     Document Type: Article

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