A pilot study of the prevalence of streptococcus suis in pigs and personnel at five indiana swine operations

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-24

  Amass, Sandra F ^a   Clark, L Kirk ^a   Kreisle, Regina A ^b   Wu, Ching Ching ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Streptococcus suis; Swine; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346843509     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v05n01_03     Document Type: Article

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