Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica in pigs slaughtered in Chinese abattoirs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2949-2956

  Liang, Junrong ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Xiao, Yuchun ^a   Cui, Zhigang ^a   Xia, Shengli ^b   Hao, Qiong ^c   Yang, Jinchuan ^d   Luo, Longze ^e   Wang, Shukun ^f   Li, Kewei ^a   Yang, Haoshu ^a   Gu, Wenpeng ^g   Xu, Jianguo ^a   Kan, Biao ^a   Jing, Huaiqi ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b HENAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Xuzhou Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Sichuan Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f Yuxi Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN INFECTION; ISOLATED STRAINS; ISOLATION RATE; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS;

MAMMALS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELECTROKINESIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTION;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MOLECULAR TYPING; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG;

SUIDAE; SUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 84861150694     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07893-11     Document Type: Article

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