title: Managing Salmonella in equine populations.
abstract: Infection control is achieved through all efforts used to prevent the introduction and limit the spread of contagious pathogens within a facility or population, with the goal of eliminating sources of potentially pathogenic microorganisms and to disrupt infectious disease transmission. Congregating animals from multiple sources, as occurs at veterinary hospitals, racetracks, equestrian events, and boarding and training facilities, increases the risk for transmission of infectious diseases such as salmonella. There is a recognizable standard of practice for infection control and due effort must be given to control and prevention of infectious disease transmission within animal populations and facilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia-Tech, 100 Sandy Hall (MC0395), 210 Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
authors.forename: Brandy A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, 1678 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1678, USA. Electronic address: paul.morley@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Morley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006736:Horses; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Equine; Infection control; Salmonella