Bacterial populations associated with the dirty area of a South African poultry abattoir

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 700-703

  Geornaras, Ifigenia ^a   De Jesus, Amelia E ^a,b   Von Holy, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POULTRY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MICROCOCCUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0032102274     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.6.700     Document Type: Article

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