Nosocomial spread of Mycobacterium bovis in domestic cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-180

  Murray, Aisling ^a   Dineen, Andrea ^a   Kelly, Pamela ^a   McGoey, Karen ^a   Madigan, Gillian ^b   NiGhallchoir, Eadaoin ^b   Gunn Moore, Danièlle A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOPSY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; IRELAND; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 84921341137     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X14529768     Document Type: Article

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