Influence of production system on the rate of onset of Campylobacter colonization in chicken flocks reared extensively in the United Kingdom

British Poultry Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-39

  Allen, V M ^a   Ridley, A M ^b   Harris, J A ^a   Newell, D G ^b   Powell, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; GREAT BRITAIN; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; POULTRY DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79951740040     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2010.537306     Document Type: Article

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