An investigation of sources of Campylobacter in a poultry production and packing operation in Barbados

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-111

  Workman, Suzanne N ^a   Mathison, George E ^a   Lavoie, Marc C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Barbados; Campylobacter; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLONING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD PACKAGING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HATCHERY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BARBADOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT; POULTRY PRODUCTS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 37249069554     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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