Visual diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis during meat inspection: Is it unequivocal?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-409

  Abuseir, S ^a   Epe, C ^a   Schnieder, T ^a   Klein, G ^a   Kuhne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Lower Saxony Federal State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOD CONTROL; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TAENIA SAGINATA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DNA, HELMINTH; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAENIA SAGINATA;

TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 33748906646     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0158-3     Document Type: Article

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