Longitudinal study of clinicopathological features of Johne's disease in sheep naturally exposed to mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 565-575

  Dennis, M M ^a   Reddacliff, L A ^b   Whittington, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

diagnosis; enteritis; epidemiology; paratuberculosis; pathology; tissue culture techniques

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79955843086     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985810375049     Document Type: Article

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