Differential detection of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria by qPCR in lavage fluids of tuberculosis-suspicious white rhinoceros

• Robert Hermes ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hermes@izw-berlin.de

  Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-9171

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• Joseph Saragusty,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9274-7800

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• Irmgard Moser,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Jena, Germany

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• Stefanie A. Barth,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Jena, Germany

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• Susanne Holtze,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

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• Alexis Lecu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paris Zoo, Paris, France

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• Jonathan Cracknell,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Conservation Medicine Services, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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• Duncan Williams,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Garston Veterinary Group, Frome, United Kingdom

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• Frank Göritz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

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• Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

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