Transmission and shedding patterns of Salmonella in naturally infected captive wild roof rats (rattus rattus) from a Salmonella-contaminated layer farm

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 288-294

  Umali, Dennis V ^a,b   Lapuz, Randy Rhon Simoun P ^a   Suzuki, Terumasa ^b   Shirota, Kazutoshi ^b   Katoh, Hiromitsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b Poultry Products Quality Control (PPQC Co Ltd)   (Japan)

Author keywords

chicken; commercial layer farm; fecal shedding patterns; poultry; pulsed field gel electrophoresis; rodents; roof rats; Salmonella Enteritidis; Salmonella Infantis; transmission patterns

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; RODENT DISEASE; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; JAPAN; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

GALLUS GALLUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR INFANTIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 84863681718     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9911-090411-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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