Risk factors associated with the presence of Campylobacter-positive broiler flocks in Sweden

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 114-121

  Hansson, I ^a   Engvall, E O ^a,b   Vagsholm I ^a,b   Nyman, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Broilers; Campylobacter spp.; Pre harvest; Risk factors; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954385794     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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