A case-control study on the occurrence of Salmonella spp. in the environment of pigs

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-156

  Gotter, V ^a   Blaha, T ^a   Klein, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Salmonella enterica; veterinary epidemiology; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; ODDS RATIO; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SWINE;

EID: 82455212151     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000239     Document Type: Article

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