Mycobacterium bovis, but also M. africanum present in raw milk of pastoral cattle in north-central Nigeria

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1047-1048

  Cadmus, Simeon I B ^a   Yakubu, Mohammed K ^b   Magaji, Abdullahi A ^b   Jenkins, Akinbowale O ^c   van Soolingen, Dick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Usmanu Danfodiyo University   (Niger)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Milk; Mycobacterium bovis; Nigeria; Pasteurization; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MILK; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NIGERIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NIGERIA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 77954457100     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9533-2     Document Type: Article

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