Comparison of environmental sampling methods for detecting Salmonella in commercial laying flocks in the UK

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 514-519

  Carrique Mas, J J ^a   Breslin, M ^a   Sayers, A R ^a   McLaren, I ^a   Arnold, M ^a   Davies, R ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Poultry; Salmonella; Sampling; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DUST; SAMPLING;

CONTROL PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; EUROPEAN UNION; NATIONAL CONTROLS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SAMPLING METHOD; TESTING METHOD; WET METHOD; ZOONOSIS;

SALMONELLA;

BACTERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; EGG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POULTRY; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DOMESTIC FOWL; EUROPEAN UNION METHOD; FECES ANALYSIS; HERD; NATIONAL CONTROL PROGRAM METHOD; SALMONELLA; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY LABORATORY AGENCY METHOD;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 56549092897     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02450.x     Document Type: Article

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