Outbreak of botulism in a dairy herd in Turkey

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 481-484

  Senturk, Sezgin ^a   Cihan, H ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Botulism; Cattle; Toxin; Type C; Type D

Indexed keywords

BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 37749010281     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-60-8-481     Document Type: Article

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