Tuberculosis in european badgers (meles meles) and the control of infection with bacille calmette-guérin vaccination

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1042-1047

  Corner, L A L ^a   Murphy, D ^a   Costello, E ^b   Gormley, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Badger; Bcg vaccine; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOGENICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BCG VACCINE; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 75349104014     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1042     Document Type: Article

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