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Evaluation of tiamulin and lincomycin for the treatment of broiler breeders experimentally infected with the intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira pilosicoli

C. P. Stephens Department of Primary Industries, Toowoomba Veterinary Laboratory, Animal and Plant Health Service, Toowoomba, Qld, 4350, Australia
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D. J. Hampson Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia
Pages 299-304 | Published online: 17 Jun 2010

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