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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis isolated from sheep, cattle and deer on New Zealand pastoral farms.
Preventive veterinary medicine - 1 Dec 2014
Verdugo Cristobal, Pleydell Eve, Price-Carter Marian, Prattley Deborah, Collins Desmond, de Lisle Geoffrey, Vogue Hinrich, Wilson Peter, Heuer Cord
Abstract excerpt
The present study aimed to describe the molecular diversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) isolates obtained from sheep, cattle (beef and dairy) and deer farms in New Zealand. A total of 206 independent MAP isolates (15 beef cattle, 89 dairy cattle, 35 deer, 67 sheep) were sourced from 172 species-mobs (15 beef cattle, 66 dairy cattle, 31 deer, 60 sheep). Seventeen subtypes were identified,...
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