Microbiological consequences of skin removal prior to evisceration of broiler carcasses

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 134-138

  Berrang, M E ^a   Buhr, R J ^a   Cason, J A ^a   Dickens, J A ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Campylobacter; Escherichia coli; Processing; Skin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYGIENE; MEAT; SKIN;

EID: 0036362140     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.1.134     Document Type: Article

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