Mycobacteria Infections

Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals and Birds in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 265-292

  Gavier Widén, Dolores ^a   Chambers, Mark ^b   Gortázar, Christian ^c   Delahay, Richard ^d   Cromie, Ruth ^e   Lindén, Annick ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli (AFB); Avian Tuberculosis; Bacterial Infections; Haematology; Mycobacteria Infections; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC); Wildfowl Wetlands Trust (WWT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887222255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118342442.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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