Seasonal variation of thermophilic campylobacters in lambs at slaughter

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1111-1116

  Stanley, K N ^a   Wallace, J S ^a,b   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

FARMS; WETLANDS;

CAMPYLOBACTERS; DIRECT PLATING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FRESH WEIGHT; ISOLATION RATE; POPULATION SIZES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER HYOINTESTINALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; FECES; LAMB; NONHUMAN; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SMALL INTESTINE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 0031850255     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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