Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-associated infections in rabbits - A model of human infection

Revista de Microbiologia

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 112-116

  Robins Browne, Roy M ^b   Adams, Louise M ^b   Tokhi, Aqa M ^a   Bennett Wood, Vicki ^b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b NONE

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