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Tull et al, 2004), which is a disease that causes important worldwide economic losses to the
poultry industry. In this study we developed a simple and fast method that allows direct
detection of the mucinolytic activity of r-Tsh (140 kDa) and of its secreted portion (106
kDA), which could be useful in the preparative steps of further Tsh studies.
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