Investigations on deer to deer and deer to cattle transmission of the vaccine mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)

Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Palmer, Mitchell V ^a   Thacker, Tyler C ^a   Ray Waters, W ^a   Robbe Austerman, Suelee ^b   Harris, Beth N ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis; Vaccination; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875682699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21577560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7560.1000103     Document Type: Article

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