Effect of pre-slaughter washing of lambs on the microbiological and visible contamination of the carcases

Veterinary Record

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 82-86

  Biss, M E ^a   Hathaway, S C ^b  

^a Regulatory Authority   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOIL; STANDARD; WOOL;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MEAT; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SOIL; WOOL;

EID: 0030603377     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.138.4.82     Document Type: Article

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