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Occurrence of Helicobacter pullorum in turkeys.
Veterinary microbiology - 5 May 2011
Zanoni Renato Giulio, Piva Silvia, Rossi Mirko, Pasquali Frédérique, Lucchi Alex, De Cesare Alessandra, Manfreda Gerardo
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In order to investigate the occurrence of Helicobacter pullorum in turkeys, caecum contents collected at the slaughterhouse from 55 animals intensively reared in 11 farms were sampled. Gram-negative curved rod bacteria were isolated by a modified Steele and McDermott filter technique and further identified as H. pullorum by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Eleven and 31 isolates, randomly selected from each...
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