An investigation of ear necrosis in pigs

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 491-495

  Park, Jeonghwa ^a   Friendship, Robert M ^a   Poijak, Zvonimir ^a   DeLay, Josepha ^b   Slavic, Durda ^b   Dewey, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84878881571     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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