Trichinella diagnostics and control: Mandatory and best practices for ensuring food safety

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 197-205

  Gajadhar, Alvin A ^a   Pozio, Edoardo ^b   Ray Gamble, H ^c   Nöckler, Karsten ^d   Maddox Hyttel, Charlotte ^e   Forbes, Lorry B ^a   Vallée, Isabelle ^f   Rossi, Patrizia ^b   Marinculić, Albert ^g   Boireau, Pascal ^f  

^a Centre for Food Borne and Animal Parasitology   (Canada)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biology; Control; Detection methods; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Quality assurance; Reference laboratories; Trichinella; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COOKING; DOMESTIC PIG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FREEZING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HERD; HORSE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MEAT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINELLA MURRELLI; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; TRICHINELLA NELSONI; TRICHINELLA PAPUAE; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAMMALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPTILES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; SUS; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 59349089688     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.063     Document Type: Article

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