No association between partial depopulation and Campylobacter spp. colonization of Dutch broiler flocks

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-285

  Russa, A D ^a,c   Bouma, A ^a   Vernooij, J C M ^a   Jacobs Reitsma, W ^b   Stegeman, J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Broilers; Campylobacter; Epidemiology; Partial depopulation; Risk factors; Zo noses

Indexed keywords

BROILER; BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTERS; COLONISATION; MULTIVARIABLE MODELING; ODD RATIOS; PARTIAL DEPOPULATION; RISK FACTORS; ZOÖNOSE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; CONTAMINATION; HERD; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 24144491035     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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