Data-quality issues and alternative variable-screening methods in a questionnaire-based study on subclinical Salmonella enterica infection in Danish pig herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-54

  Stege, H ^a,b   Christensen, J ^a   Nielsen, J P ^b   Willeberg, P ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pig microbiological disease; Risk factors; Salmonella enterica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DETECTION; MICROORGANISM SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SWINE;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035900905     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00182-3     Document Type: Article

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