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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Tuberculosis: an emerging zoonosis

Larry Vogelnest
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Taronga Wildlife Hospital, Taronga Conservation Society Australia

NSW Public Health Bulletin 24(1) 32-33 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB12098
Published: 15 July 2013


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