Antivirulence Therapy for Animal Production: Filling an Arsenal with Novel Weapons for Sustainable Disease Control

Tom Defoirdt

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003603

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Antivirulence Therapy for Animal Production: Filling an Arsenal with Novel Weapons for Sustainable Disease Control

Tom Defoirdt

* E-mail: Tom.Defoirdt@UGent.be

Affiliations Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Antivirulence Therapy for Animal Production: Filling an Arsenal with Novel Weapons for Sustainable Disease Control

Tom Defoirdt

Published: October 10, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003603

About the Authors

Tom Defoirdt

* E-mail: Tom.Defoirdt@UGent.be

Affiliations Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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