Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 4557-4566 , December 2006

Age at Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis in Naturally Infected Dairy Cows

Received 16 February 2006 ,Accepted 18 July 2006.

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PII: S0022-0302(06)72505-X

doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72505-X

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 4557-4566 , December 2006

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