Tuberculosis transmission by Mycobacterium bovis in a mixed cattle and goat herd

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 430-433

  Zanardi, Giorgio ^a   Boniotti, Maria Beatrice ^a   Gaffuri, Alessandra ^a   Casto, Barbara ^a   Zanoni, Mariagrazia ^a   Pacciarini, Maria Lodovica ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle; Goats; Mycobacterium bovis; Outbreak; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GOAT; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; INTESTINE; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; ITALY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE INTRADERMAL CERVICAL COMPARATIVE TUBERCULIN TEST; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPOLIGOTYPING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

CATTLE; GOATS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OUTBREAK; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84881553876     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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