Pulmonary infection due to mycobacterium bovis in a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicomis minor) in South Africa

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1187-1193

  Esple, Ian W ^a   Hlokwe, Tiny M ^b   Van Gey Pittius, Nicolaas C ^c   Lane, Emily ^a   Tordiffe, Adrian S W ^a   Michel, Anita L ^b   Müller, Annélle ^c   Kotze, Antoinette ^a,d   Van Helden, Paul D ^c  

^a National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black rhinoceros; Diceros bicornis minor; Genetic typing; Mycobacterium bovis; Pulmonary granuloma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; DICEROS; DICEROS BICORNIS; DICEROS BICORNIS MINOR; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PERISSODACTYLA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PERISSODACTYLA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 75349097002     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1187     Document Type: Article

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