Beef carcass contamination in a slaughterhouse and prevalence of resistance to antimicrobial drugs in isolates of selected microbial species

Meat Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 557-565

  Schlegelova J ^a   Napravnikova E ^b   Dendis, M ^c   Horvath R ^c   Benedik J ^c   Babak V ^a   Klimova E ^d   Navratilova P ^b   Sustackova A ^b  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation   (Czech Republic)

^d State Veterinary Institute   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coa gene typing Staphylococcus aureus; Original gene typing Escherichia coli; Phenotype of resistance; Secondary contamination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COAGULATION; CONTAMINATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; GENES;

ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS; GENE TYPING;

MEATS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0347622371     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(03)00159-1     Document Type: Article

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