Prevalence of Brachyspira species in pigs with diarrhoea in Spain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 700-701

  Carvajal, A ^a   de Arriba, M L ^b   Rodriguez H ^a   Vidal, A B ^a   Duhamel, G E ^c   Rubio, P ^a,a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Laboratorios Syva   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PROMOTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRACHYSPIRA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CULTURE MEDIUM; DYSENTERY; FECES ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33744812992     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.20.700     Document Type: Article

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