Isolation of Mycobacterium bovis from a feral wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the UK

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 663-664

  Foyle, K L ^a   Delahay, R J ^b   Massei, G ^b  

^a VLA Luddington Luddington   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953114207     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c2681     Document Type: Letter

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