Infections with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in fattening pigs. influence of piglet production systems and influence on production parameters

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 535-544

  Holmgren, N ^a   Lundeheim, N ^b   Wallgren, P ^c  

^a Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033210167     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1999.tb01246.x     Document Type: Article

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