Risk factors for visible lesions or positive laboratory tests in bovine tuberculosis reactor cattle in Northern Ireland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 283-290

  O'Hagan, M J H ^a   Courcier, E A ^a   Drewe, J A ^b   Gordon, A W ^c   McNair, J ^c   Abernethy, D A ^a,d  

^a Department of Agriculture and Rural Development   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Case control study; Disease control; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

AGE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; FEMALE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84946175776     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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