Application and evaluation of male-specific bacteriophage as a process integrity or faecal contamination indicator in a pork slaughterhouse environment

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 898-904

  Miller, A J ^a   Eblen, B S ^a   Oser, A ^b   Burkhardt III, W ^c  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Hatfield Meats Inc ^*  (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI COUNTS; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL MATERIALS; PLAQUE ASSAY; PROCESS INTEGRITY; PROCESS WATER; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031770740     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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