Consecutive excretion of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in Semen of a breeding bull compared to the distribution in feces, tissue and blood by IS900 and F57 quantitative real-time PCR and culture examinations

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1283-1288

  Khol, Johannes L ^a   Kralik, Petr ^b   Slana, Iva ^b   Beran, Vladimir ^b   Aurich, Christine ^a   Baumgartner, Walter ^a   Pavlik, Ivo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Breeding bull; Cattle; Johne's disease; Paratuberculosis; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EUTHANASIA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUTHANASIA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENITALIA, MALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SEMEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78249282911     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0052     Document Type: Article

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