Persistence and clearance of different Salmonella serovars in buildings housing laying hens

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 837-846

  Carrique Mas, J J ^a   Breslin, M ^a   Snow, L ^a   McLaren, I ^a   Sayers, A R ^a   Davies, R H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Laying hens; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAGE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; EGG; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; RODENT CONTROL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT; SALMONELLA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649683936     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001568     Document Type: Article

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