Salmonellosis in Trinidad: Evidence for transovarian transmission of Salmonella in farm eggs

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 50-53

  Indar, L ^a   Baccus Taylor, G ^a   Commissiong, E ^a   Prabhakar, P ^a   Reid, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0032089054     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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