A new genetically engineered vaccine for animal growth promotion

W Z Xu1, N X Du, G D Li

  • 1Department of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, PRC.

Science in China. Series B, Chemistry, Life Sciences & Earth Sciences
|October 1, 1994
PubMed

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