Enumeration of thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. from poultry carcasses at the end of the slaughter-line

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-97

  Johannessen, G S ^a   Johnsen, G ^a   Okland M ^a   Cudjoe, K S ^a   Hofshagen, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

AFLP; Campylobacter spp.; Enumeration; Poultry carcasses; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP.; CAMPYLOBACTERS; ENUMERATION; POULTRY CARCASS; SLAUGHTER; SLAUGHTER LINES; THERMOTOLERANT;

CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOOD POISONING; POULTRY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARCASS; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HERD; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 33845767832     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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