Contamination of Salmonella spp. in a pig finishing herd, from the arrival of the animals to the slaughterhouse

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-207

  Magistrali, C ^a   Dionisi, A M ^c   De Curtis, P ^a   Cucco, L ^a   Vischi, O ^b   Scuota, S ^a   Zicavo, A ^a   Pezzotti, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b DVM   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Salmonella; Swine; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARCASS; CECUM; DISINFECTION; FECES CULTURE; ITALY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA BLOCKLEY; SALMONELLA BOVIS MORBIFICANS; SALMONELLA BREDENEY; SALMONELLA CORVALLIS; SALMONELLA DERBY; SALMONELLA HADAR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR BLOCKLEY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR BREDENEY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DERBY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR HADAR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR INFANTIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 45449110769     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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