Herd factors associated with the seroprevalences of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovars 2,3 and 9 in slaughter pigs from farrow-to-finish pig herds

Veterinary Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 409-419

  Maes, Dominiek ^a   Chiers, Koen ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Laevens, Hans ^a   Verdonck, Marc ^a   De Kruif, Aart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Epidemiology; Seroprevalence; Swine

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; SUS SCROFA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ABATTOIRS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035462944     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2001133     Document Type: Article

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