Article
Spatial and genotypic clustering of Salmonella over time in a swine production unit.
Preventive veterinary medicine - 1 Nov 2010
Rao Sangeeta, Kitron Uriel, Weigel Ronald M
Abstract excerpt
Transmission patterns of Salmonella in a swine production unit were investigated by statistical analysis of the spatial distribution of isolates and the clustering of genotypes over a 12-week period. The study unit was a breeding-gestation building in a single-site farrow-to-finish swine producti...
Topics
- Animals
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fragmentation
- DNA, Bacterial
- Disease Reservoirs
- Environmental Microbiology
- Environmental Monitoring
- Epidemiological Monitoring
- Female
- Genotype
- Male
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Salmonella
- Salmonella Infections, Animal
- Swine
- Swine Diseases