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Prevalence, quantitative load and genetic diversity of Campylobacter spp. in dairy cattle herds in Lithuania.
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica - 5 Dec 2013
Ramonaitė Sigita, Rokaitytė Anita, Tamulevičienė Eglė, Malakauskas Alvydas, Alter Thomas, Malakauskas Mindaugas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Campylobacteriosis is a zoonotic disease, and animals such as poultry, pigs and cattle may act as reservoirs for Campylobacter spp. Cattle shed Campylobacter spp. into the environment and they can act as a reservoir for human infection directly via contact with cattle or their faeces or indirectly by consumption of contaminated food. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, the...
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