Reliability of an ordinal rating system for assessing the amount of mud and feces (tag) on cattle hides at slaughter

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 520-525

  Jordan, David ^a,e   McEwen, Scott A ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey B ^a,b   McNab, W Bruce ^c   Lammerding, Anna M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033135660     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-62.5.520     Document Type: Article

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