Efficacy of an herbal extract on the microbiological quality of broiler carcasses during a simulated chill

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1200-1203

  Dickens, J A ^a   Berrang, M E ^a   Cox, N A ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Chilling; Escherichia coli; Herbal bactericide; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; COLD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; COLD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POULTRY PRODUCTS;

EID: 0034244587     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.8.1200     Document Type: Article

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