Transmission of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae among weaned piglets on endemically infected farms

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 207-214

  Tobias, T J ^a   Bouma, A ^a   van den Broek, J ^a   van Nes, A ^a   Daemen, A J J M ^a   Wagenaar, J A ^a,b   Stegeman, J A ^a   Klinkenberg, D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Pig microbiological disease; Respiratory disease; Transmission; Weaned pigs

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; PREGNANCY; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; WEANING;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

EID: 84910015639     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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