The role of roof rats (Rattus rattus) in the spread of Salmonella Enteritidis and S. Infantis contamination in layer farms in eastern Japan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1235-1243

  Lapuz, R ^a,b,c   Tani, H ^a   Sasai, K ^a   Shirota, K ^b   Katoh, H ^b   Baba, E ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Poultry Products Quality Control Co (PPQC Co)   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFANTIS; SALMONELLOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE VECTORS; EGGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; JAPAN; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RATS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 48249124983     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700948X     Document Type: Article

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