Methods for inactivation of Toxoplasma gondii cysts in meat and tissues of experimentally infected sheep

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 687-690

  El Nawawi, Fathi A ^a   Tawfik, Mohamed A ^b   Shaapan, Raafat M ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FREEZING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEATING; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROWAVE COOKING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEAT; MICE; MICROWAVES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MUS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 53849086504     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0060     Document Type: Article

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