Tuberculosis in Kafue lechwe antelopes (Kobus leche Kafuensis) of the Kafue Basin in Zambia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 305-308

  Munyeme, M ^a   Muma, J B ^a   Siamudaala, V M ^b   Skjerve, E ^c   Munang'andu, H M ^c   Tryland, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA)   (Zambia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kafue Basin; Kafue lechwe antelope; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) wildlife; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD ANIMAL; ZAMBIA; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; FEMALE; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; KOBUS LECHE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 77954863884     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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