The use of a marked strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens to model the spread of brain tissue to the musculature of cattle after shooting with a captive bolt gun

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-446

  Prendergast, D M ^a   Sheridan, J J ^a   Daly, D J ^a   McDowell, D A ^b   Blair, I S ^b  

^a FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Captive volt gun; Cattle; Musculature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BOLTS; BRAIN; TISSUE;

'CURRENT; BACTERICIDAL PROPERTIES; BRAIN TISSUE; CAPTIVE VOLT GUN; CATTLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUES; CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS; MOBILISATION; MUSCULATURE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ANIMALS;

BACTERIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CARCASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MODEL; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 1542359565     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02124.x     Document Type: Article

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