Risk factors for fecal shedding of Salmonella from horses in a veterinary teaching hospital

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-317

  Alinovi, Catherine A ^a   Ward, Michael P ^a   Couëtil, Laurent L ^a   Wu, Ching Ching ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feces; Horse; Risk factors; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0043286815     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00143-0     Document Type: Article

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