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Salmonella serotypes isolated from a finishing swine farm in the South of Brazil

Fifteen different serovars of Salmonella were isolated from a swine farm, two of the isolated serovars, Mbandaka and Tennessee, were also found in the feed supplied to the animals. This study demonstrated the diversity of serovars that could occur in a farm and the need of a better understanding on epidemiology of Salmonella infection.

Salmonella; serovars; swines


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