Effectiveness of steam pasteurization in controlling microbiological hazards of cull cow carcasses in a commercial plant

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 200-207

  Corantin, Harold ^a   Quessy, Sylvain ^a   Gaucher, Marie Lou ^a   Lessard, Louise ^b   Leblanc, Danielle ^c   Houde, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARCASS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HYBRIDIZATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA; STEAM; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 23844519985     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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