Intra-unit correlations in seroconversion to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae at different levels in Danish multi-site pig production facilities

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 9-28

  Vigre, Håkan ^a,b,c   Dohoo, Ian R ^d   Stryhn, Henrik ^d   Busch, Marie Erika ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Res Ctr Mgmt Anim Prod Hlth   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^e Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Intra unit correlation; Multi site pig production; Multilevel modelling; Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE SEROVAR 2; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1942542403     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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