The prevalence of lung lesions in pigs at slaughter in Switzerland

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 500-506

  Grest, P ^a   Keller, H ^a   Sydler, T ^a   Pospischil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lung lesions; Prevalence at the herd level; Prevalence in individuals; Respiratory diseases; Slaughter pigs

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SWITZERLAND;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; LUNG; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031302419     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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