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PREVENT PATHOGEN CONTAMINATION IN FOOD PRODUCTION ANIMALS

Objective

Many management practices such as transportation, weaning, handling & the formation of new groups of animals are stressful to cattle & swine. Therefore, this project is focusing on: 1) improve current understanding of the relationship between stress & the pathogen-host interaction; 2) improve current understanding of the relationship between cattle & swine management practices; & 3) compare levels of stress & incidence of epizootic pathogens in new or non-traditional production systems with traditional systems.

Investigators
Dowd, Patrick
Institution
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Start date
2002
End date
2005
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
6208-32000-003-00D
Accession number
405509
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