Serodiagnosis of elephant tuberculosis: a useful tool for early identification of infected elephants...
Serodiagnosis of elephant tuberculosis: a useful tool for early identification of infected elephants at the captive-wild interface
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an emerging disease in elephants primarily caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(
M. tb
) and in some occassion by
M. bovis
. We performed culture and three serological tests—the Elephant TB STAT-PAK,® DPP VetTB® Assay, and MAPIA (multi-antigen print immunoassay)—prospectively on samples from eight elephants i...
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Serodiagnosis of elephant tuberculosis: a useful tool for early identification of infected elephants at the captive-wild interface
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2132689062
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2132689062
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1612-4642
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1439-0574
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10.1007/s10344-018-1229-3
