Age-dependent patterns of bovine tuberculosis in cattle

Veterinary Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Brooks Pollock, Ellen ^a   Conlan, Andrew Jk ^a   Mitchell, Andy P ^b   Blackwell, Ruth ^b   McKinley, Trevelyan J ^a   Wood, James Ln ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84885452469     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-44-97     Document Type: Article

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