Evaluation of a real-time PCR in combination with a cultivation method for the detection of Brucella abortus in organs of infected cattle in southern Italy

Manzulli, Viviana; Rondinone, Valeria; Serrecchia, Luigina; Petrella, Antonio; Scaltrito, Domenico; Marino, Leonardo; Pace, Lorenzo; Luigia Prencipe, Maria; Cipolletta, Dora; Nitti, Mauro; Fasanella, Antonio; Poppa, Elena; Galante, Domenico

doi:10.2478/jvetres-2022-0062

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Evaluation of a real-time PCR in combination with a cultivation method for the detection of Brucella abortus in organs of infected cattle in southern Italy

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