Backyard poultry flocks and salmonellosis: A recurring, yet preventable public health challenge

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1432-1438

  Behravesh, Casey Barton ^a   Brinson, Denise ^b   Hopkins, Brett A ^c   Gomez, Thomas M ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b United States Department of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

^c International Technical Animal Production and Processing Solutions (ITAPPS)   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Backyard poultry; Mail order hatchery; Outbreak; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HATCHERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVE POULTRY ASSOCIATED SALMONELLOSIS; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIAN; ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84899798353     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu067     Document Type: Article

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