Contamination of carcasses, offals, and the environment with yadA-positive Yersinia enterocolitica in a pig slaughterhouse

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-35

  Fredriksson Ahomaa, M ^a   Korte, T ^a   Korkeala, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SURFACE; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0033955530     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-63.1.31     Document Type: Article

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