Open status of pig-breeding farms is associated with slightly higher seroprevalence of F18+ Escherichia coli in northern Belgium

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Verdonck, F ^a   Cox, E ^a   Ampe, B ^a   Goddeeris, B M ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; F18+; Herd seroprevalence; Pig; Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0042355366     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00121-1     Document Type: Article

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