Investigation of the transmission of Mycobacterium bovis from deer to cattle through indirect contact

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1483-1489

  Palmer, Mitchell V ^a   Waters, W Ray ^a   Whipple, Diana L ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DEER; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVESTOCK; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; TISSUE CULTURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEER; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 9444261845     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1483     Document Type: Article

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