Microbiological contamination of pig and cattle carcasses in different small-scale Swiss abattoirs

Meat Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Zweifel, C ^a   Fischer, R ^a   Stephan, R ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Pig and cattle carcasses; Regulation (EC) No 2073 2005; Small scale abattoirs; Total viable counts

Indexed keywords

BOS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 36749075008     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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