Relationship between Aerobic Bacteria, Salmonellae, and Campylobacter on Broiler Carcasses

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1037-1041

  Casons, J A ^a   Bailey, J S ^a   Stern, N J ^a   Whittemore, A D ^a   Cox, N A ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic bacteria; Broiler; Campylobacter; Index organisms; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; SALMONELLA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0031178959     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.7.1037     Document Type: Article

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