Epidemiological investigations in regard to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in Quebec, Canada. Part 2: Prevalence and risk factors in breeding sites

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 84-93

  Lambert, Marie Ève ^a   Arsenault, Julie ^a   Poljak, Zvonimir ^b   D'Allaire, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Pigs; Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus; PRRS; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWINE;

ARTERIVIRUS; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84856809378     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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