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. 1983 Aug;46(2):459–462. doi: 10.1128/aem.46.2.459-462.1983

Isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from raw milk.

J Lovett, D W Francis, J M Hunt
PMCID: PMC239411  PMID: 6625570

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from raw milk by a method that can routinely detect less than or equal to 1 organism per ml. This procedure was used in a survey of 195 separate farms and showed a 1.5% incidence of C. jejuni in milk from bulk tanks.

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