Observations related to the Salmonella EU layer baseline survey in the United Kingdom: Follow-up of positive flocks and sensitivity issues

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1537-1546

  Carrique mas, J J ^a   Breslin, M ^a   Snow, L ^a   Arnold, M E ^a   Wales, A ^a   McLaren, I ^a   Davies, R H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAGE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEN; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 54049144309     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700012X     Document Type: Article

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