Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium microti in South American camelids

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1266-1272

  Zanolari, P ^a   Robert, N ^a   Lyashchenko, K P ^b   Pfyffer, G E ^c   Greenwald, R ^b   Esfandiari, J ^b   Meylan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c Luzerner Kantonsspital Luzern ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Infectious disease; Llama; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FEMALE; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOVINAE; CAMELIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 70350393612     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0377.x     Document Type: Article

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