Paratuberculosis in European wild rabbits from the Iberian Peninsula

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-218

  Maio, Elisa ^a,b   Carta, Tania ^a   Balseiro, Ana ^c   Sevilla, Iker A ^d   Romano, Angelo ^e   Ortiz, José Antonio ^f   Vieira Pinto, Madalena ^b   Garrido, Joseba M ^d   de la Lastra, Jose Manuel Pérez ^a   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c Área de Sistemas de Producción Animal   (Spain)

^d NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f Ctra Vejer Benalup ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

ELISA; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Wildlife disease reservoir

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT DISEASE; SPAIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RABBITS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80052096242     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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