Relationships between the density of different indicator organisms on sheep and beef carcasses and in frozen beef and sheep meat

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-64

  Jordan, D ^a   Phillips, D ^b   Sumner, J ^c   Morris, S ^a   Jenson, I ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Symbio Alliance Laboratories   (Australia)

^c Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass; Coliforms; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; Indicator; Sheep meat

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORECASTING;

AEROBIC PLATE COUNTS; CARCASS; COLIFORMS; E. COLI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INDICATOR BACTERIA; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; RANK CORRELATION; RED MEATS; SHEEP MEAT;

BEEF;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOTYPE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; MEAT; SHEEP;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BEEF CATTLE; BIOTYPE; CARCASS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PROCESSING; FREEZING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SHEEP;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33845679467     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03060.x     Document Type: Article

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