Seasonality of thermophilic Campylobacter populations in chickens

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-224

  Wallace, J S ^a,b   Stanley, K N ^a   Currie, J E ^a   Diggle, P J ^a   Jones, K ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SMALL INTESTINE; SUNSHINE HOUR; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031009626     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1997.tb02854.x     Document Type: Article

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