Prevalence and risk factors of Campylobacter infection in broiler flocks from southern Spain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-113

  Torralbo, Alicia ^a   Borge, Carmen ^a   Allepuz, Alberto ^b,c   García Bocanegra, Ignacio ^a   Sheppard, Samuel K ^d   Perea, Anselmo ^a   Carbonero, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broilers; Campylobacter; Prevalence; Risk factors; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BROILERS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

BROILERS; CAMPYLOBACTER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84896722487     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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