Generalised linear mixed models analysis of risk factors for contamination of Danish broiler flocks with Salmonella typhimurium

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Chriél, Mariann ^a   Stryhn, Henrik ^b   Dauphin, Gwenaëlle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Chicken; Generalised linear mixed model; Salmonella typhimurium; Statistical modelling; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033553456     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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