Pig-shed air polluted by α-haemolytic cocci and ammonia causes subclinical disease and production losses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 123-

  Murphy, T ^a   Cargill, C ^b   Rutley, D ^a   Stott, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AEROCOCCUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

AEROCOCCUS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

EID: 84865032936     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100413     Document Type: Article

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