Cryptosporidium in commercially produced turkeys on-farm and postslaughter

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-306

  McEvoy, J M ^a,b   Giddings, C W ^b  

^a Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Cryptosporidium meleagridis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Farm; Processing; Slaughter; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

18S RDNA; COMMERCIAL PROCESSING; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROCESSING; PROCESSING FACILITIES; SLAUGHTER; TURKEY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA 18S; DNA FRAGMENT;

BIRDS; DNA; PATHOGENS; PROTOZOA; PURIFICATION;

COMMERCIALIZATION; POULTRY; PROCESSING; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FARM ANIMAL; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TURKEY (BIRD);

AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 60349099463     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02516.x     Document Type: Article

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