Incidence of Arcobacter spp. in poultry: Quantitative and qualitative analysis and PCR differentiation

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2533-2536

  Atanassova, Viktoria ^a   Kessen, Volker ^a   Reich, Felix ^a   Klein, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS; ARCOBACTER SKIRROWII; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERACEAE;

EID: 57449085522     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.12.2533     Document Type: Article

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