Bacterial shell contamination in the egg collection chains of different housing systems for laying hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-172

  De Reu, K ^a   Grijspeerdt, K ^a   Heyndrickx, M ^a   Uyttendaele, M ^b   Debevere, J ^b   Herman, L ^a  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FREEZING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY; TIME;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; REFRIGERATION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33646519480     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660600610773     Document Type: Article

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