Article
Testing an ecological model for transmission of Salmonella enterica in swine production ecosystems using genotyping data.
Preventive veterinary medicine - 16 Oct 2007
Weigel Ronald M, Nucera Daniele, Qiao Baozhen, Teferedegne Belete, Suh Dong Kyun, Barber David A, Bahnson Peter B, Isaacson Richard E, White Bryan A
Abstract excerpt
An ecological model for transmission of Salmonella enterica in swine production ecosystems was developed, identifying host species, environmental reservoirs, and temporal, spatial, and functional (i.e., stage of production) dimensions. It was hypothesized that transmission was most likely within spatial and functional compartments, between hosts of the same species and abiotic compartments of the same type....
Topics
- Animal Husbandry
- Animals
- Cluster Analysis
- Disease Reservoirs
- Environmental Microbiology
- Environmental Monitoring
- Feces
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Models, Biological
