Producing salmonella-free pigs: A review focusing on interventions at weaning

Veterinary Record

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 267-276

  Wales, A D ^a   Cook, A J C ^a   Davies, R H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRODUCT SAFETY; REVIEW; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79952710511     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.d1125     Document Type: Review

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