Invited review: Modeling within-herd transmission of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in dairy cattle: A review

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4455-4470

  Marce C ^a,b   Ezanno, P ^a   Weber, M F ^c   Seegers, H ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^b   Fourichon, C ^a  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis; Review; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956841818     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3139     Document Type: Review

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