The Use of Competitive Exclusion in Broilers to Reduce the Level of Salmonella Contamination on the Farm and at the Processing Plant

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1501-1505

  Palmu, L ^a   Camelin, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b BSA Bourgoin SA   (France)

Author keywords

Farm hygiene; Field trial; Poultry; Salmonella; Slaughter hygiene

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHICKENS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; INCIDENCE; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031262660     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.11.1501     Document Type: Article

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