Superficial contamination of bovine carcasses by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a slaughterhouse in Normandy (France)

Meat Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-331

  Guyon, R ^a   Dorey, F ^a   Malas, J P ^a   Grimont, F ^b   Foret, J ^a   Rouviere B ^c   Collobert, J F ^c  

^a Laboratoire Départemental Franck Duncombe   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Dir Serv Veterinaires du Calvados   (France)

Author keywords

Bovine carcasses; E. coli O157; Slaughterhouse; STEC; Superficial contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035610821     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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