Neonatal piglet losses associated with Escherichia coli and Clostridium difficile infection in a Slovakian outdoor production unit

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-100

  Nagy, J ^a   Bilkei, G ^a  

^a Bilkei Consulting AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diarrhoea; Mortality; Oedema; Pig

Indexed keywords

ENROFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SLOVAKIA; SWINE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; SLOVAKIA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0042924191     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(02)00252-6     Document Type: Article

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