The biosecurity status and its associations with production and management characteristics in farrow-to-finish pig herds

Animal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 478-489

  Postma, M ^a   Backhans, A ^b,c   Collineau, L ^d,e   Loesken, S ^f   Sjolund M ^b,c   Belloc, C ^e   Emanuelson, U ^c   Grosse Beilage, E ^f   Stark K D C ^d   Dewulf, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d SAFOSO AG   (Switzerland)

^e LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

alternative to antimicrobial agents; biosecurity; causal path; disease prevention; pig production

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; PIG; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84958898174     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731115002487     Document Type: Article

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