A systematic review characterizing on-farm sources of Campylobacter spp. for broiler chickens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Agunos, Agnes ^a   Waddell, Lisa ^a,b   Léger, David ^a   Taboada, Eduardo ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BROILER; BROILER BREEDER; CAMPYLOBACTER; DISINFECTION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTYPE; HERD; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LABORATORY TEST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 84916211943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104905     Document Type: Review

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