Presence of mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in environmental samples collected on commercial dutch dairy farms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 6310-6312

  Eisenberg, Susanne W F ^a   Koets, Ad P ^a   Hoeboer, Jeroen ^a   Bouman, Marina ^a   Heederik, Dick ^b   Nielen, Mirjam ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAEROSOLS; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; DAIRY FARMS; DUST SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; JOHNE'S DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS;

FARM BUILDINGS;

DAIRIES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DAIRY FARMING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DUST; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NETHERLANDS;

BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956809923     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00998-10     Document Type: Article

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