Assessment of swine farms in Greece in relation to the risk of exposure of pigs to Trichinella

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 277-281

  Theodoropoulos, Georgios ^a   Theodoropoulou, Helen ^b   Skopelitis, Georgios ^a   Benardis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Certification; Food safety; Pork; Trichinella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; GREECE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT CONTROL; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RODENT CONTROL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 64949184603     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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