| prevalence of yersinia enterocolitica in pigs slaughtered in chinese abattoirs. | the distribution of yersinia enterocolitica in slaughtered pigs in china was studied. a total of 8,773 samples were collected and examined from different pig abattoirs in 11 provinces from 2009 to 2011. of these, 4,495 were oral-pharyngeal swab (tonsils) samples from pigs, 1,239 were from intestinal contents, and 3,039 were feces samples from abattoirs or local pigpens. the data showed that 1,132 strains were obtained, from which the isolation rate for yersinia enterocolitica was 19.53% (878/4,4 ... | 2012 | 22327599 |