Bacillus cereus spores during housing of dairy cows: Factors affecting contamination of raw milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2745-2754

  Magnusson, M ^a   Christiansson, A ^b   Svensson, B ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus spore; Contamination source; Dairy cattle; Raw milk

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BUILDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RISK FACTOR;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MILK; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RISK FACTORS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34547665705     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-754     Document Type: Article

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