Pneumonia disease assessment using a slaughterhouse lung-scoring method

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-75

  Ostanello, F ^a   Dottori, M ^a,b   Gusmara, C ^a,c   Leotti, G ^a,d   Sala, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; LUNG; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PATHOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ITALY; LUNG; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 33847058462     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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