An investigation into the efficacy of washing trucks following the transportation of pigs - A Salmonella perspective

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-271

  Mannion, Celine ^a   Egan, John ^b   Lynch, Brendan P ^c   Fanning, Seamus ^a   Leonard, Nola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING; SWINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IRELAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SWINE; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 45749152956     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0069     Document Type: Article

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