Biosecurity-based interventions and strategies to reduce Campylobacter spp. on poultry farms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 8605-8614

  Newell, D G ^a,b   Elvers, K T ^c   Dopfer, D ^d   Hansson, I ^e   Jones, P ^f   James, S ^c,l   Gittins, J ^g   Stern, N J ^h   Davies, R ^a   Connerton, I ⁱ   Pearson, D ^j   Salvat, G S ^k   Allen, V M ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Foodborne Zoonoses Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^h RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^j VION Agriculture Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^k Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^l Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-SECURITY; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERS; CRITICAL REVIEW; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; POULTRY FARMS; POULTRY INDUSTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION ROUTE; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH RISKS; SAMPLING; SURVEYS;

FARMS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOSAFETY; COLONIZATION; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HETEROZYGOTE; INFECTION CONTROL; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; INFECTION CONTROL; POULTRY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83155173393     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01090-10     Document Type: Article

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