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Use of a polymerase chain reaction to subtype Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, an increasingly important pathogen from farmed deer in New Zealand

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Pages 195-197 | Received 14 Dec 2005, Accepted 30 May 2006, Published online: 18 Feb 2011

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