Determination of the within and between flock prevalence and identification of risk factors for Salmonella infections in laying hen flocks housed in conventional and alternative systems

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 94-100

  Van Hoorebeke, S ^a   Van Immerseel, F ^a   Schulz, J ^b   Hartung, J ^b   Harisberger, M ^c   Barco, L ^d   Ricci, A ^d   Theodoropoulos, G ^e   Xylouri, E ^e   De Vylder, J ^a   Ducatelle, R ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a   Pasmans, F ^a   de Kruif, A ^a   Dewulf, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^e AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Housing; Laying hens; Prevalence; Risk factors; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGG; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASON; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGGS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYGIENE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASONS;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 77249098257     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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