Incidence of reinfections with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Actinobadllus pleuropneumoniae in pig farms located in respiratory-disease-free regions of Switzerland - Identification and quantification of risk factors

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 145-156

  Hege, R ^a   Zimmermann, W ^b   Scheidegger, R ^c   Stark K D C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Pig Health Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Area; Eradication; Programme; Reinfection; Respiratory diseases; Swine

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; SUIDAE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SWITZERLAND;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; INCIDENCE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036984422     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-43-145     Document Type: Article

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