Comparing the demonstration of freedom from Trichinella infection of domestic pigs by traditional and risk-based surveillance

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1242-1251

  Schuppers, M E ^a   Frey, C F ^b   Gottstein, B ^b   Stark K D C ^c   Kihm, U ^a   Regula, G ^b  

^a SAFOSO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freedom from infection; pigs; risk based surveillance; Trichinella spp

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOMESTIC PIG; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVAL STAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEAT; PREVALENCE; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS;

EID: 77956646426     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991518     Document Type: Article

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