Campylobacter jejuni contamination on broiler carcasses of C. jejuni-negative flocks during processing in a Japanese slaughterhouse

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-109

  Miwa, Norinaga ^a,b   Takegahara, Yoichi ^a   Terai, Katsuya ^a   Kato, Hideo ^a   Takeuchi, Tsuneo ^a  

^a Shizuoka Pref Seibu Meat I   (Japan)

^b Shizuoka Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broiler; Campylobacter jejuni; Carcass; Cross contamination; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARCASS; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PROCESSING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HERD; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 0038777194     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00398-7     Document Type: Article

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