Mycobacterium bovis genotypes in Northern Ireland: Herd-level surveillance (2003 to 2008)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 684-689

  Skuce, R A ^a   Mallon, T R ^a   McCormick, C M ^a   McBride, S H ^a   Clarke, G ^a   Thompson, A ^a   Couzens, C ^a   Gordon, A W ^a   McDowell, S W J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 79952276079     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c5108     Document Type: Article

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