Experimental Exposure of Young Pigs Using a Pathogenic Strain of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 and Evaluation of this Method for Disease Prevention

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-275

  Torremorell, Montserrat ^a   Pijoan, Carlos ^a   Dee, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033211150     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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