Horse trichinellosis, an unresolved puzzle

Parasite

Volumn 8, Issue , 2001, Pages S263-S265

  Pozio, E ^a   Tamburrini, A ^a   La Rosa, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Horsemeat; Outbreak; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; ITALY; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0035380545     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/200108s2263     Document Type: Article

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