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Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus from subclinical bovine mastitis in Brazil

C A Lopes1, G Moreno, P R Curi

  • 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Estadual Paulista University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.

The British Veterinary Journal
|September 1, 1990
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