Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Portugal

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1048-1061

  Santos, Nuno ^a,b,c   Correla Neves, Margarida ^b   Ghebremichael, Solomon ^d,e   Källenius, Gunllla ^d,e   Svenson, Stefan B ^e,f   Almeida, Virgílio ^c  

^a Pygargus Lda   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Descriptive epidemiology; Mycobacterium bovis; Risk lactors; Spoligotypes; Tuberculosis; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 75349111883     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1048     Document Type: Article

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