Cellulitis lesions in commercial turkeys identified during processing

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 228-229

  Olkowski, A A ^a   Kumor, L ^b   Johnson, D ^b   Bielby, M ^b   Chirino Trejo, M ^a   Classen, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIRD DISEASE; CELLULITIS; FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIMB; MEAT INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STERNUM; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CELLULITIS; EXTREMITIES; FOOD INSPECTION; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; POULTRY PRODUCTS; STERNUM; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033592026     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.8.228     Document Type: Article

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