Serological Salmonella monitoring in German pig herds: Results of the years 2003-2008

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 229-233

  Merle, Roswitha ^a   Kösters, Sarah ^a   May, Thomas ^b   Portsch, Uwe ^c   Blaha, Thomas ^a   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH   (Germany)

^c Qualitype AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Monitoring programme; Pig; Pork production; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SALMONELLA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79953276769     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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