Campylobacter spp. contamination of chicken carcasses during processing in relation to flock colonisation

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-61

  Allen, V M ^a   Bull, S A ^b   Corry, J E L ^a   Domingue, G ^c   Jorgensen F ^b   Frost, J A ^d   Whyte, R ^e   Gonzalez, A ^f   Elviss, N ^b   Humphrey, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Food Microbiology Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d HPA   (United Kingdom)

^e SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caecal contents; Campylobacter subtypes; Carcass contamination; Poultry processing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARCASS; CECUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COOLING; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EVISCERATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HERD; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CECUM; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYGIENE;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 33845674218     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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