Seroprevalence of Q fever in dairy cows in northeastern China
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1 College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province 163319, P. R., China. 2 Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150001, P. R., China. 3 College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130118, P. R., China.
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