Mainil, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Bactériologie et pathologie des maladies bactériennes
Linden, Annick ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Santé et pathologies de la faune sauvage
Language :
English
Title :
Cattle enterotoxaemia and Clostridium perfringens: description, diagnosis and prophylaxis
Publication date :
2010
Journal title :
Veterinary Record
ISSN :
0042-4900
eISSN :
2042-7670
Publisher :
British Veterinary Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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