Incidence of mycobacterial infections in cats in great britain: Estimate from feline tissue samples submitted to diagnostic laboratories

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 338-344

  Gunn Moore, D A ^a   Gaunt, C ^a   Shaw, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feline mycobacterial infection; Incidence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FELINE MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

FELINE MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84880134959     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2012.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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