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Research Article

Comparison between Coliform Populations at Different Sites of the Intestinal Tract of Pigs

Mate Zoric Department of Ruminant and Porcine Diseases, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden,
,
Anna Arvidsson
,
Lennart Melin
,
Inger Kühn Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Jan E. Lindberg Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden,
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Per Wallgren
Pages 174-178 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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