Short-term evidence of Campylobacter in a treatment plant and drain water of a connected poultry abattoir

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-193

  Koenraad, Petra M F J ^a   Jacobs Reitsma, Wilma F ^c   Beumer, Rijkelt R ^b   Rombouts, Frank M ^b  

^a Governmental Food Inspection Service   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Inst Anim Sci Hlth Res Br B   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

activated sludge; agricultural waste; Campylobacter; effluent; poultry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0029928411     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096x127370     Document Type: Article

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