Serological survey of exposure to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in poultry in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-109

  Kurian, A ^a   Neumann, E J ^a   Hall, W F ^b   Marks, D ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b William Hall and Associates ^*  (Australia)

^c Livestock Solutions and Services Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chicken; ELISA; Erysipelas; serology; surveillance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHICKENS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

AVES; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84859249372     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2011.639058     Document Type: Article

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