Lack of evidence for fecal shedding of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in calves born to fecal culture positive dams

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 242-245

  Pithua, Patrick ^a   Wells, Scott J ^a   Sreevatsan, Srinand ^a   Godden, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; Fecal excretion; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 73449086623     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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