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Diversity and habitat specificity of free-living protozoa in commercial poultry houses.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2009
Baré Julie, Sabbe Koen, Van Wichelen Jeroen, van Gremberghe Ineke, D'hondt Sofie, Houf Kurt
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Despite stringent biosecurity measures, infections by bacterial food pathogens such as Campylobacter are a recurrent problem in industrial poultry houses. As the main transmission route remains unclear, persistence of these infections has been linked to bacterial survival and possibly multiplication within protozoan vectors. To date, however, virtually no information is available on the diversity and occurrence...
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