Infection of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) by oryx bacillus, a rare member of the antelope clade of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 849-857

  Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C ^a   Perrett, Keith D ^b   Michel, Anita L ^c,e   Keet, Dewald F ^d   Hlokwe, Tiny ^c   Streicher, Elizabeth M ^a   Warren, Robin M ^a   van Helden, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b Kwa Zulu Natal Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Antelope clade; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Oryx bacillus; Southern africa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BUFFALO; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BUFFALOES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84867733871     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2010-07-178     Document Type: Article

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