Wildlife Reservoirs of Bovine Tuberculosis Worldwide: Hosts, Pathology, Surveillance, and Control

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 488-499

  Fitzgerald, S D ^a   Kaneene, J B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bovine tuberculosis; mycobacteriosis; reservoirs; wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BUFFALO; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; RESERVOIRS; SOUTH AFRICA; SWINE; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; RESERVOIRS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUS SCROFA; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ZOONOSES;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SUIDAE; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 84876997180     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985812467472     Document Type: Article

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