Evaluation of Bacillus - Calmette- Guerin (BCG) Immunogenicity in Indigenous Calves under Field Condition

1 Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai –7, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Vaccine Research Centre – Bacterial Vaccines, TANUVAS, Chennai-51, Tamil Nadu, India 3 Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai –7, Tamil Nadu, India 4 (Penn. State University, USA and Melinda Gates Foundation), Animal TB control Project, TANUVAS, Chennai-600 051, Tamil Nadu, India

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