Isolation of Mycobacterium caprae (Lechtal genotype) from red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Italy

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 330-333

  Chiari, Mario ^a   Zanoni, M ^a   Alborali, L G ^a   Zanardi, G ^a   Avisani, D ^a   Tagliabue, S ^a   Gaffuri, A ^a   Pacciarini, M L ^a   Boniotti, M B ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Mycobacterium caprae; Red deer; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DEER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DEER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; ITALY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 84906263182     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-06-135     Document Type: Article

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