Mycobacterium bovis in California dairies: A case series of 2002-2013 outbreaks

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 205-216

  McCluskey, B ^a   Lombard, J ^b   Strunk, S ^b   Nelson, D ^a   Robbe Austerman, S ^c   Naugle, A ^a   Edmondson, A ^d  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Mycobacterium bovis; Outbreak investigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84901837639     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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