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Colonization of the chicken reproductive tract and egg contamination by Salmonella
J De Buck1, F Van Immerseel, F Haesebrouck
1Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium. jeroen.debruck@ugent.be
Journal of Applied Microbiology
|July 9, 2004
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