Longitudinal study of Salmonella infection in Italian farrow-to-finish swine herds

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-226

  Merialdi, G ^a   Barigazzi, G ^a   Bonilauri, P ^a   Tittarelli, C ^a   Bonci, M ^a   D'Incau, M ^a   Dottori, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Italy; Pig; Salmonella enterica

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SWINE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SUIDAE;

EID: 41749119150     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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