Evaluation of Pet-Related Management Factors and the Risk of Salmonella spp. Carriage in Pet Dogs from Volunteer Households in Ontario (2005-2006)

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-149

  Leonard, E K ^a   Pearl, D L ^a   Finley, R L ^a,b   Janecko, N ^a   Peregrine, A S ^a   Reid Smith, R J ^a,b   Weese, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dogs; Public health; Raw food; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; EGG; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAW FOOD; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA;

EID: 79551717798     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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