Association between biosecurity and Salmonella species prevalence on english pig farms

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 722-724

  Twomey, D F ^a   Miller, A J ^a   Snow, L C ^a   Armstrong, J D ^b   Davies, R H ^c   Williamson, S M ^d   Featherstone, C A ^b   Reichel, R ^e   Cook, A J C ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRCVS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MRCVS   (United Kingdom)

^d Meat and Livestock Commission   (United Kingdom)

^e MRCVS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 77953715507     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4841     Document Type: Article

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