Production performance and pruritic behaviour of pigs naturally infected by sarcoptes scabiei var. Suis in a contact transmission experiment

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-149

  Elbers, A R W ^a   Rambags, P G M ^a   van der Hoiden, H M J F ^a   Hunneman, W A ^b  

^a Animal Health Service ^*

^b Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact transmission; Feed conversion ratio; Growth performance; Mange; Pigs; Sarcoptes scabiei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PRURITUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034218398     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2000.9695044     Document Type: Article

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