Prevalence of Salmonella in grade A whole shell eggs in the island of Ireland

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1238-1240

  Murchie, Laura ^a   Whyte, Paul ^b   Xia, Bin ^b   Horrigan, Sarah ^b   Kelly, Louise ^c,e   Madden, Robert H ^a,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR INFANTIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR MONTEVIDEO; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 34249016639     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.5.1238     Document Type: Article

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