Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. and Yersinia spp. in the pig production

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 27-32

  Wehebrink, Tanja ^a   Kemper, Nicole ^a   Beilage, Elisabeth Große ^b   Krieter, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Campylobacter spp.; Cultural isolation; Pig production chain; Yersinia spp.; Zoonotic pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; SUCKLING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; YERSINIA; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; YERSINIA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; SUIDAE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 38549150184     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-121-27     Document Type: Article

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