Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in free-living amoebae isolated from fields not used for grazing

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 401-402

  White, C I ^a   Birtles, R J ^a   Wigley, P ^a   Jones, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77950559905     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4797     Document Type: Article

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