Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, and cytolethal distending toxin genes in laying hens

Ludovico Dipineto1, Antonio Gargiulo, Tamara P Russo

  • 1Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Napoli Federico II, via F. Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy. dipineto@unina.it

Avian Diseases
|April 20, 2011
PubMed

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