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The course of pigeon circovirus infection in young pigeons experimentally kept under conditions mimicking the One Loft Race rearing system Cover

The course of pigeon circovirus infection in young pigeons experimentally kept under conditions mimicking the One Loft Race rearing system

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|Mar 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 6
Submitted on: Jul 8, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 14, 2025
Published on: Mar 1, 2025
Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2025 Daria Dziewulska, Bartłomiej Tykałowski, Ewa Łukaszuk, Tomasz Stenzel, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
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