Zoonoses in the meat industry: A review

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-479

  Corry, Janet E L ^a   Hinton, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inspection; Integrated Quality Control; Meat; Poultry; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FOOD INSPECTION; HUMANS; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MYCOSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; QUALITY CONTROL; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0031318185     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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