Comparison of the MGIT 960, BACTEC 460 TB and solid media for isolation of Mycobacterium bovis in United States veterinary specimens

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Robbe Austerman, Suelee ^a   Bravo, Doris M ^a   Harris, Beth ^a  

^a National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875960273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-74     Document Type: Article

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