Experimental Mycobacterium bovis infection in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): pathology, haematology and lymphocyte stimulation responses.

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Published in Vet Microbiol on January 01, 1994

Authors

B M Buddle1, F E Aldwell, A Pfeffer, G W de Lisle

Author Affiliations

1: AgResearch, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

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