Erysipelas in laying hens is associated with housing system

Veterinary Record

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-

  Eriksson, H ^a,b   Nyman, A K ^a   Fellstrom C ^a,b   Wallgren, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYSIPELAS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYSIPELAS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880089274     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.101388     Document Type: Article

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