The relationship between hide cleanliness and bacterial numbers on beef carcasses at a commercial abattoir

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 390-395

  McEvoy, J M ^a   Doherty, A M ^a   Finnerty, M ^b   Sheridan, J J ^a   McGuire, L ^a   Blair, I S ^c   McDowell, D A ^c   Harrington, D ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL NUMBERS; DOHERTY; TOTAL VIABLE COUNTS;

ANIMALS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARCASS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD SAFETY; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034065705     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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