Distribution of Salmonella serovars in breeding, nursery, and grow-to-finish pigs, and risk factors for shedding in ten farrow-to-finish swine farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Wilkins, Wendy ^a   Rajić, Andrijana ^b,c   Waldner, Cheryl ^a   McFall, Margaret ^d   Chow, Eva ^d   Muckle, Anne ^e   Rosengren, Leigh ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^f Rosengren Epidemiology Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREEDING; CANADA; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

AGRICULTURE; ALBERTA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SASKATCHEWAN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 77951436334     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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