Campylobacter incidence on a chicken farm and the spread of Campylobacter during the slaughter process

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 35-47

  Berndtson, E ^a   Danielsson Tham, M L ^a   Engvall, A ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air; Broiler; Campylobacter; Colonization; Flies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; FLY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

EID: 0030248691     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(96)01102-6     Document Type: Article

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