Development of a sanitary risk index for Salmonella seroprevalence in Belgian pig farms

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 75-92

  Hautekiet, Veerle ^a   Geert, Verbeke ^b   Marc, Vandebroeck ^c   Rony, Geers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UZ   (Belgium)

^c COVAVEE cvba ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pig; Risk factors; Salmonella; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SEASON; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HYGIENE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 45849144728     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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