Factors influencing Salmonella carcass prevalence in Danish pig abattoirs

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 231-238

  Baptista, F M ^a,b   Dahl, J ^c   Nielsen, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^c Danish Agriculture and Food Council   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Carcass swabs; Multilevel modelling; Pig; Salmonella; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; STANDARDS; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DENMARK; HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954865523     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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