Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis in Cattle by using Indirect Absorbed ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) system and culture in Alborz Province, Iran

Objective/Background: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is a slow growing, Gram-positive, and acid-fast bacillus. It is the causative agent of the chronic enteritis disease of ruminants called Johne's disease. Most of the infected animals are young. However, most clinical cases belong...

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Main Authors: Hedyeh Teymouri, Nader Mosavari, Hadi Poor Taghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=5;spage=220;epage=221;aulast=Teymouri