Investigating risk factors and possible infectious aetiologies of mummified fetuses on a large piggery in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 472-478

  Dron, N ^a   Hernandez Jover M ^a   Doyle, R E ^a   Holyoake, P K ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Pig Health and Research Unit Department of Environment and Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal mummification; Pigs; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOLYSIS; CIRCOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENTEROVIRUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR POMONA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARITY; PIGLET; PORCINE PARVOVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STILLBIRTH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; LITTER SIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY;

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SWINE;

EID: 84911921040     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avj.12270     Document Type: Article

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