Corrigendum: Serological and molecular prevalence of Brucella spp. among livestock species in Rajasthan, India
Dharm Singh Meena1, Lata Sharma1, Jyoti Bishnoi1
1Centre for Diagnosis, Surveillance and Response of Zoonotic Diseases (CDSRZ), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Jaipur, India.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
|September 11, 2023
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1157211.].
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