Feline tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis

Veterinary Record

Volumn 174, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 322-323

  Gunn Moore, Danièlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84897139464     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.g2338     Document Type: Editorial

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