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Comparison of Campylobacter populations in wild geese with those in starlings and free-range poultry on the same farm.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2008
Colles F M, Dingle K E, Cody A J, Maiden M C J
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Wild geese are a potential source of Campylobacter infection for humans and farm animals and have been implicated in at least two large waterborne disease outbreaks. There have been few investigations into the population biology of Campylobacter in geese, carriage rates are reported to vary (0 to 100%), and no genetic characterization of isolates has been performed. Fecal samples collected from wild geese in...
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