Factors associated with pleurisy in pigs: a case-control analysis of slaughter pig data for England and Wales.

A case-control investigation was undertaken to determine management and health related factors associated with pleurisy in slaughter pigs in England and Wales.The British Pig Executive Pig Health Scheme database of abattoir pathology was used to identify 121 case (>10% prevalence of pleurisy on 3...

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Main Authors: Henrike C Jäger, Trevelyan J McKinley, James L N Wood, Gareth P Pearce, Susanna Williamson, Benjamin Strugnell, Stanley Done, Henrike Habernoll, Andreas Palzer, Alexander W Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281815?pdf=render