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Analysis of 18FDG PET/CT Imaging as a Tool for Studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Treatment in Non-human Primates
Published on: September 5, 2017
Mycobacterial isolations in captive elephants in the United States
Janet B Payeur1, J L Jarnagin, J G Marquardt
1National Veterinary Services Laboratories, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA. janet.b.payeur@aphis.usda.gov
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|October 17, 2002
Abstract:
Interest in tuberculosis in elephants has been increasing over the past several years in the United States. Several techniques have been used to diagnose mammalian tuberculosis. Currently, the test considered most reliable for diagnosis of TB in elephants is based on the culture of respiratory secretions obtained by trunk washes.

