The Potential for Transmission of BCG from Orally Vaccinated White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to Cattle (Bos taurus) through a Contaminated Environment: Experimental Findings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Nol, Pauline ^a   Rhyan, Jack C ^a   Robbe Austerman, Suelee ^b   McCollum, Matt P ^a   Rigg, Tara D ^a   Saklou, Nadia T ^c   Salman, Mo D ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; BOS TAURUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; CATTLE; DEER; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84875678503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060257     Document Type: Article

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