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Record Nr.

UNINA9910695721203321

Autore

Larson Jean A

Titolo

Tuberculosis in animals [[electronic resource] ] : Mycobacterium bacilli that cause devastating zoonotic diseases in many animals / / Jean Larson [compiler]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Beltsville, Md. : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Agricultural Library, Animal Welfare Information Center, , [2004]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text : digital, HTML file

Collana

Animal Welfare Information Center Series ; ; no. 2004-01

Soggetti

Tuberculosis in animals

Mycobacterium

Mycobacterium avium

Mycobacterium bovis

Tuberculosis in poultry

Zoonoses

Bibliographies.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from web page (viewed Sept. 14, 2004).

"January 2004."

Sommario/riassunto

The focus of this publication is on information related to tubercular diseases of animals caused by the bacterial genus Mycobacterium. Livestock diseases are mostly caused by Mycobacterium bovis and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Many species of animals are included: large ruminants, wildlife, wild animals as disease reservoirs, deer, elephants, birds, fish, etc. Topics are varied and include clinical aspects of the disease, the disease process, disease prevention and control, vaccines, immunology, bacterial genetics, zoonotic aspects etc.