Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from muscle and peripheral lymph nodes using acid-pepsin digest prior to BACTEC culture

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Reddacliff, L A ^a   Marsh, I B ^a   Fell, S A ^a   Austin, S L ^a   Whittington, R J ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Culture techniques; Meat; Paratuberculosis

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; MEAT; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CULTURE MEDIA; LYMPH NODES; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PEPSIN A; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956229942     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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