Investigation of risk factors for Salmonella on commercial egg-laying farms in Great Britain, 2004-2005

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 579-586

  Snow, L C ^a   Davies, R H ^a   Christiansen, K H ^a   Carrique Mas, J J ^a,c   Cook, A J C ^a   Evans, S J ^a,b  

^a MRCVS ^*

^b Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS; RATTUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77953090104     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4801     Document Type: Article

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