Variable abattoir conditions affect Salmonella enterica prevalence and meat quality in swine and pork

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-81

  Hurd, H S ^a   Gailey, J K ^b   McKean, J D ^a   Griffith, R W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BUILDING; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CECUM; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15744380815     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2005.2.77     Document Type: Article

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