Prevalence of Listeria spp. in feces and carcasses at a lamb packing plant in Brazil

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-330

  Antoniollo, Paulo César ^a   Da Silva Bandeira, Fernando ^a   Monks Jantzen, Márcia ^a   Hallal Duval, Eduarda ^a   Da Silva, Wladimir Padilha ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMB; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037314326     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.2.328     Document Type: Article

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