Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopian wildlife

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 753-762

  Tschopp, R ^a,b   Berg, S ^c   Argaw, K ^d   Gadisa, E ^b   Habtamu, M ^b   Schelling, E ^a   Young, D ^e   Aseffa, A ^b   Zinsstag, J ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority   (Ethiopia)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Ethiopia; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium spp; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BOS; BOVINAE; CANIS SIMENSIS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS BUXTONI;

EID: 77957872395     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.3.753     Document Type: Article

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