Evaluation of carcass scraping to enumerate bacteria on prechill broiler carcasses

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1436-1439

  Smith, D P ^a   Cason, J A ^a   Fletcher, D L ^b,c   Hannah, J F ^b  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Coliform; Escherichia coli; Scraping; Whole carcass rinse

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHICKEN; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34548265203     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.7.1436     Document Type: Article

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