Blowflies <i>Calliphora vicina</i> and <i>Lucilia sericata</i> as passive vectors of <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>avium</i> , <i>M. a. paratuberculosis</i> and <i>M. a. hominissuis</i>

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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Actinomycetales: Mycobacteriaceae) isolates of identical restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) type B-C1 were isolated from: intestinal mucosa of two cows showing clinical signs of paratuberculosis, a specimen of the blowfly Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae) captured while perched on these cattle intestines in a waste container at...

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