Monitoring ileitis and Lawsonia intracellularis in abattoir pigs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 613-615

  Jensen, T K ^a   Moller K ^a   Christensen, G ^b   Leser, T D ^a   Jorsal, S E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Fed Danish Pig Producers S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS;

EID: 0039698202     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.21.613     Document Type: Article

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