Investigation of strategies for the introduction and transportation of replacement gilts on southern Ontario sow farms

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bottoms, Kate ^a   Poljak, Zvonimir ^a   Dewey, Cate ^a   Deardon, Rob ^b   Holtkamp, Derald ^c   Friendship, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Gilt replacement strategies; Multiple correspondence analysis; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; ONTARIO; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84868523450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-217     Document Type: Article

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