Assessment of antemortem tests used in the control of an outbreak of tuberculosis in llamas (Lama glama)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Twomey, D F ^a   Crawshaw, T R ^a   Anscombe, J E ^a   Barnett, J E F ^a   Farrant, L ^b   Evans, L J ^b   McElligott, W S ^c   Higgins, R J ^a   Dean, G S ^a   Vordermeier, H M ^a   De La Rua Domenech, R ^d  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Clyst House   (United Kingdom)

^c St Boniface Veterinary Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^d Nobel House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952058163     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c4192     Document Type: Article

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