Biosecurity risks associated with current identification practices of producers trading live pigs at livestock sales

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1692-1699

  Hernandez Jover M ^a   Schembri, N ^a   Toribio, J A L M L ^a   Holyoake, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Identification system; Pigs; Tattoo; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 54449095401     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003066     Document Type: Article

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