Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. isolated from grower-finisher pigs in Ontario

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-517

  Varela, Norma P ^a   Friendship, Robert M ^a   Dewey, Cate E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANADA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 34250213571     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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