Comparison of serologic testing and slaughter evaluation for assessing the effects of subclinical infection on growth in pigs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 888-895

  Regula, Gertraud ^a,b   Lichtensteiger, Carol A ^a   Mateus Pinilla, Nohra E ^a   Scherba, Gail ^a   Miller, Gay Y ^a   Weigel, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDORABIES; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRANSMISSIBLE GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS, TRANSMISSIBLE, OF SWINE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LIVER; LUNG; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; PSEUDORABIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSMISSIBLE GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034664706     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.888     Document Type: Review

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