Article
Introduction of infected animals to herds is an important route for the spread of Yersinia enterocolitica infection between pig farms.
Journal of food protection - 1 Jan 2014
Virtanen S, Nikunen S, Korkeala H
Abstract excerpt
Altogether, 369 pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica isolates from 1,118 fecal samples collected from 22 pig farms of different production types were characterized by biotyping, serotyping, and genotyping using multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeats analysis. We investigated the distribution of the different genotypes at the farm level and their association with different farm conditions. Pigs were found to...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
