The association between rainfall and seropositivity to Leptospira in outdoor reared pigs

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-139

  Boqvist, Sofia ^a   Eliasson Selling, Lena ^b   Bergström, Karin ^c   Magnusson, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate; Leptospira; Pig; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RAIN;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SOW (SWINE); STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; SWINE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TEMPERATURE;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR BRATISLAVA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84859621150     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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