Experimental infection of specific pathogen-free pigs with Campylobacter: Excretion in faeces and transmission to non-inoculated pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 309-317

  Leblanc Maridor, Mily ^a   Denis, Martine ^b   Lalande, Françoise ^b   Beaurepaire, Bernard ^b   Cariolet, Roland ^b   Fravalo, Philippe ^b   Federighi, Michel ^c   Seegers, Henri ^a   Belloc, Catherine ^a  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Experimental infection; Faecal excretion; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; FECES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 50249180192     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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