Salmonella Prevalence in Crops of Ontario and Quebec Broiler Chickens at Slaughter

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1497-1501

  Chambers, J R ^a   Bisaillon, J R ^b   Labbe Y ^b   Poppe, C ^c   Langford, C F ^a,d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c Health of Animals Laboratory   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carcass contamination; Crop; Prevalence; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROP, AVIAN; ONTARIO; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0032184711     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.10.1497     Document Type: Article

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