Influenza herd-level prevalence and seasonality in breed-to-wean pig farms in the Midwestern United States

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2017, Pages

  Chamba Pardo, Fabian Orlando ^a   Alba Casals, Ana ^a   Nerem, Joel ^b   Morrison, Robert B ^a   Puig, Pedro ^c   Torremorell, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Pipestone Veterinary Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absolute humidity; Breed to wean pig farm; Genetic diversity; Influenza; Prevalence; Seasonality; Swine; Swine influenza virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038840301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22971769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00167     Document Type: Article

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