Evaluation of the acute phase protein haptoglobin as an indicator of herd health in slaughter pigs

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-159

  van den Berg, A ^a   Danuser, J ^a   Frey, J ^b   Regula, Gertraud ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal welfare; Hoptoglobin; Immunology; Monitoring; Pig

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; CARCASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; GASTRITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS; HERD; INJURY; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PIG FARMING; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE DISEASE; TISSUE LEVEL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34249025779     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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