Tuberculosis in Birds: Insights into the mycobacterium avium infections

Veterinary Medicine International

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dhama, Kuldeep ^a   Mahendran, Mahesh ^b   Tiwari, Ruchi ^a   Singh, Shambhu Dayal ^a   Kumar, Deepak ^a   Singh, Shoorvir ^c   Sawant, Pradeep Mahadev ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Animal Husbandry Department Government of Kerala   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON GOATS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE;

EID: 84855826366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/712369     Document Type: Review

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