Survey on Salmonella prevalence in slaughter pigs from Saskatchewan

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 793-796

  Mainar Jaime, Raúl C ^a,d   Atashparvar, Nemat ^b   Chirino Trejo, Manuel ^a   Rahn, Kris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CECUM; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CECUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SASKATCHEWAN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 52349093033     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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