Campylobacter infection of broiler chickens in a free-range environment.
Campylobacter jejuni is the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, with contaminated chicken meat considered to represent a major source of human infection. Biosecurity measures can reduce C. jejuni shedding rates of housed chickens, but the increasing popularity of free-range and...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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