Prevalence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in groups of swine at slaughter

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 677-682

  Funk, Julie A ^a,b   Troutt, H Fred ^a   Isaacson, Richard E ^a   Fossler, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

SUS SCROFA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0032102206     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.6.677     Document Type: Article

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