Short communicationMolecular characterization of Fasciola flukes obtained from wild sika deer and domestic cattle in Hokkaido, Japan
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This study was partly supported by a grant from the Research on Food Safety of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan (H28-syokuhin-wakate-012).
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