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. 2001 Sep-Oct;7(5):884–886. doi: 10.3201/eid0705.017519

Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis infection in waterfowl: first confirmation in animals.

J Goyache 1, A I Vela 1, A Gibello 1, M M Blanco 1, V Briones 1, S González 1, S Téllez 1, C Ballesteros 1, L Domínguez 1, J F Fernández-Garayzábal 1
PMCID: PMC2631867  PMID: 11747704

Abstract

We report the first description, confirmed by bacteriologic and molecular (polymerase chain reaction and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) analysis, of an infection in animals caused by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, affecting waterfowl.

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