A prospective study of management and litter variables associated with cellulitis in California broiler flocks

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 522-530

  Schrader, J S ^a,c   Singer, R S ^b   Atwill, E R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Chicken; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CELLULITIS; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HUMIDITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEM CELL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CELLULITIS; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; POULTRY DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 13744250040     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7125     Document Type: Article

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