Routes for Campylobacter contamination of poultry meat: Epidemiological study from hatchery to slaughterhouse

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1169-1180

  Herman, L ^a   Heyndrickx, M ^a   Grijspeerdt, K ^a   Vandekerchove, D ^b   Rollier, I ^c   De Zutter, L ^d  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HATCHING; HEALTH HAZARD; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; REARING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAMPYLOBACTER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; POULTRY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 1042304238     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001183     Document Type: Article

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