Occurrence of Erysipelothrix spp. in Chicken meat parts from a processing plant

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1207-1209

  Nakazawa, Haruyuki ^a   Hayashidani, Hideki ^a   Higashi, Juri ^a   Kaneko, Ken Ichi ^a   Takahashi, Toshio ^b   Ogawa, Masuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b National Veterinary Assay Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICKEN; FOOD SAFETY; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX TONSILLARUM; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032168419     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.9.1207     Document Type: Article

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