Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Slaughter Pigs in Latvia

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1335-1338

  Terentjeva, Margarita ^a   Bẽrziņš, Aivars ^a  

^a LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

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EID: 77955951703     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.7.1335     Document Type: Article

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