Comparison of Swiffer wipes and conventional drag swab methods for the recovery of Salmonella in swine production systems

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Zewde, Bayleyegn Molla ^a   Robbins, Rebecca ^b   Abley, Melanie J ^a   House, Brandon ^b   Morrow, W E Morgan ^b   Gebreyes, Wondwossen A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 58149456891     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.1.142     Document Type: Article

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