Occurrence of pathogens in wild rodents caught on Swedish pig and chicken farms

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1885-1891

  Backhans, A ^a   Jacobson, M ^a   Hansson, I ^b   Lebbad, M ^c   Lambertz, S Thisted ^d   Gammelgard E ^a   Saager, M ^a   Akande, O ^a   Fellstrom C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d National Food Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal pathogens; spread of disease; vectors; veterinary pathogens; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; LAWSONIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIA; LEPTOSPIRA; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEST CONTROL; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHINELLA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SWEDEN; SWINE; VIRUSES;

EID: 84881410946     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002609     Document Type: Article

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