The role of litter beetles as potential reservoir for Salmonella enterica and thermophilic campylobacter spp. between broiler flocks

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-18

  Skov, M N ^a,d   Spencer, A G ^b,e   Hald, B ^a   Petersen, L ^a,f   Nauerby, B ^a   Carstensen, B ^c   Madsen, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alphitobius diaperinus; Beetle; Campylobacter; Poultry; Salmonella; Typhaea stercorea

Indexed keywords

ADVENA; AHASVERUS ADVENA; ALPHITOBIUS; ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARCINOPS PUMILIO; COLEOPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INDIANA; TYPHAEA STERCOREA;

EID: 1842481505     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/5698     Document Type: Article

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