Article
Tuberculosis in imported hyrax (Procavia capensis) caused by an unusual variant belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Nov 1994
Cousins D V, Peet R L, Gaynor W T, Williams S N, Gow B L
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis was diagnosed in an adult female hyrax (Procavia capensis) imported from South Africa and held in a captive colony at the Perth Zoo. An organism similar to Mycobacterium microti was isolated from the lung of this animal and the lung of an adult male hyrax in the colony. The organism was not pathogenic to rabbits or guinea pigs. Protein profiles and RFLP patterns using the probes IS6110 and pTBN12...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
