Risk factors for Campylobacter colonisation during rearing of broiler flocks in Great Britain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Ellis Iversen, J ^a   Jorgensen, F ^b   Bull, S ^b   Powell, L ^a   Cook, A J ^a   Humphrey, T J ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broiler husbandry; Campylobacter; Logistic regression; On farm; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 64949148606     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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