Effect of external or internal fecal contamination on numbers of bacteria on prechilled broiler carcasses

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1241-1244

  Smith, D P ^a   Northcutt, J K ^a   Cason, J A ^a   Hinton Jr , A ^a   Buhr, R J ^a   Ingram, K D ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Coliform; Escherichia coli; Fecal contamination; Inside outside bird washer

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CECUM; CHICKEN; COLD; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CECUM; CHICKENS; COLD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HYGIENE; MEAT;

EID: 34547697900     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.6.1241     Document Type: Article

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