A study to demonstrate freedom from trichinella spp. in domestic pigs in Switzerland

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Schuppers, M E ^a   Rosenberg, G ^b   Graf, R ^b   Eidam, V ^b   Wittwer, C ^b   Zimmermann, W ^b   Gottstein, B ^b   Frey, C F ^b  

^a SAFOSO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Demonstrating freedom; Domestic pigs; Switzerland; Trichinella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DOMESTIC PIG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MEAT; PREVALENCE; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 77957295438     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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