Occurrence of Salmonella enteritidis in pooled table eggs and market-ready chicken carcasses in Zambia

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 597-599

  Hang'ombe, B M ^a   Sharma, R N ^a   Skjerve, E ^b   Tuchili, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chicken carcasses; Phage types; Salmonella enteritidis; Table eggs; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENTERITIDIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0033167285     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592662     Document Type: Article

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