Analysis of meat juice ELISA results and questionnaire data to investigate farm-level risk factors for Salmonella infection in UK pigs

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Smith, R P ^a   Clough, H E ^b   Cook, A J C ^a  

^a Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Pig; Risk factor; Salmonella; Serology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FARM ANIMAL; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREAT BRITAIN; LINEAR MODELS; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

HORDEUM; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 78649602773     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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