Surveillance Data Highlights Feed Form, Biosecurity, and Disease Control as Significant Factors Associated with Salmonella Infection on Farrow-to-Finish Pig Farms

Surveillance Data Highlights Feed Form, Biosecurity, and Disease Control as Significant Factors Associated with Salmonella Infection on Farrow-to-Finish Pig Farms

Among the zoonotic pathogens affecting pigs, Salmonella stands out due to the high number of human cases linked to pork consumption. In the last two decades many countries have put considerable effort into the control of the infection by surveillance and control strategies on farm. Despite this effo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hector Argüello, Edgar G. Manzanilla, Helen Lynch, Kavita Walia, Finola C. Leonard, John Egan, Geraldine Duffy, Gillian E. Gardiner, Peadar G. Lawlor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
control
foodborne-pathogen
risk factors
feed
swine dysentery
biosecurity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00187/full

Internet

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00187/full

Similar Items