European Hares in Chile: A Different Lagomorph Reservoir for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis?

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 734-738

  Salgado, Miguel ^a   Manning, Elizabeth J B ^b   Monti, Gustavo ^a   Bölske, Göran ^c   Söderlund, Robert ^c   Ruiz, Manuel ^a   Paredes, Enrique ^a   Leiva, Sergio ^a   Van Kruningen, Herbert ^d   Kruze, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hares; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis; Reservoir; Spillover; Transmission; Vector

Indexed keywords

BOS; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79960202446     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.734     Document Type: Article

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