Changes in the Carriage of Campylobacter Strains by Poultry Carcasses during Processing in Abattoirs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2636-2640

  Newell, D G ^a   Shreeve, J E ^a   Toszeghy, M ^a   Domingue, G ^b   Bull, S ^b   Humphrey, T ^b   Mead, G ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLAGELLIN; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0035377244     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2636-2640.2001     Document Type: Article

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