Salmonella carriage in an Irish pig herd: Correlation between serological and bacteriological detection methods

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2797-2800

  Casey, Pat G ^a,b   Butler, Derek ^b,e   Gardiner, Gillian E ^c,f   Tangney, Mark ^b,g   Simpson, Paul ^c   Lawlor, Peadar G ^d   Stanton, Catherine ^a,c   Ross, R Paul ^a,c   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f Ireland   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR LONDON; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 10344229452     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.12.2797     Document Type: Article

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