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Editorial
. 2019 Jul;56(4):510-511.
doi: 10.1177/0300985819843684.

Is This Zebra Really a Zebra? The Challenge of Diagnosing Rare Fungal Infections in Veterinary Pathology

Shawn R Lockhart  1 , Joy M Gary  2
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Editorial

Is This Zebra Really a Zebra? The Challenge of Diagnosing Rare Fungal Infections in Veterinary Pathology

Shawn R Lockhart et al. Vet Pathol. 2019 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: FFPE-PCR; disease process; fungal; fungal contamination; infectious; veterinary pathology.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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