Assessing the effectiveness of tuberculosis management in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), through indirect surveillance of mycobacterium bovis infection using released sentinel pigs

Veterinary Medicine International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nugent, G ^a   Yockney, I J ^a   Whitford, E J ^a   Cross, M L ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84899568135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/361634     Document Type: Article

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