Rodents are a risk factor for the spreading of pathogens on farms

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 464-465

  Meerburg, B G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Farmers; Farms; Mice; Pathogens; Rats; Rodent control; Rodent management; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BELGIUM; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; RODENT CONTROL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA;

CAMPYLOBACTER; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952095730     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.06.038     Document Type: Letter

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