Use of luminescent strains of Salmonella enteritidis to monitor contamination and survival in eggs

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 915-921

  Chen, Jinru ^a   Clarke, Robert C ^b   Griffiths, Mansel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Health of Animals Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

egg penetration; eggs; pathogen survival; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0029799588     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.9.915     Document Type: Article

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