Intraspecific transmission of mycobacterium bovis among penned feral pigs in New Zealand

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 364-372

  Nugent, G ^a   Yockney, I J ^a   Whitford, E J ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Brushtail possum; Feral pigs; Host status; Mycobacterium bovis; Sus scrofa; Tb transmission; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 79953671496     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.364     Document Type: Article

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