Epidemiological investigation of Campylobacter spp. in Austrian broiler flocks: Prevalence and risk factors

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-10

  Neubauer, C ^a,b   Bibl, D ^a,b   Szolgyenyi W ^a,b   Jauk, V ^a,b   Schmidt, M ^a,b   Gabler, C ^a,b   Vasicek, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austrian broiler flocks; Campylobacter spp.; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAT; CATTLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHICKEN; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEN; HYGIENE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SAMPLING; SWINE;

EID: 14644434371     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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