Prevalence and geographic origin of pigs with serological evidence of infection with Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona slaughtered in abattoirs in Victoria, Australia

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-242

  Chappel, R J ^a   Prime, R W ^b   Millar, B D ^a   Jones, R T ^a   Cutler, R S ^a   Adler, B ^c  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Agriculture and Veterinary Centre   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leptospira interrogans; Pig; Pig bacteria; Pomona

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 0032440307     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00203-X     Document Type: Article

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