Assessing the Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Management in Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), through Indirect Surveillance of Mycobacterium bovis Infection Using Released Sentinel Pigs

In New Zealand, wild pigs acquire Mycobacterium bovis infection by scavenging tuberculous carrion, primarily carcasses of the main disease maintenance host, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). We investigated the utility of captive-reared, purpose-released pigs as sentinels for tuberculosi...

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Autores principales: Nugent, G., Yockney, I. J., Whitford, E. J., Cross, M. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24804148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361634

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24804148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361634

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