Epidemiology of Salmonella sp. in California cull dairy cattle: prevalence of fecal shedding and diagnostic accuracy of pooled enriched broth culture of fecal samples

Background The primary objective of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the crude, seasonal and cull-reason stratified prevalence of Salmonella fecal shedding in cull dairy cattle on seven California dairies. A secondary objective was to estimate and compare the relative sensitivity (Se) and...

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Main Authors: Omran A. Abu Aboud, John M. Adaska, Deniece R. Williams, Paul V. Rossitto, John D. Champagne, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Robert Atwill, Xunde Li, Sharif S. Aly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2386.pdf