Regional Eradication of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae from Pig Herds and Documentation of Freedom of the Disease

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-364

  Rautiainen, E ^a,d   Oravainen, J ^e   Virolainen, J V ^b   Tuovinen, V ^c  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Coop Slaughterhouse Lihakunta ^*  (Finland)

^d EELA   (Finland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

All in all out; Antibodies; Colostrum; ELISA; Lung lesions; Sampling; Screening; Survey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COLOSTRUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLOSTRUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035757347     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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