Microbiological baseline study of poultry slaughtered in provincially inspected abattoirs in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-178

  Bohaychuk, Valerie M ^a   Checkley, Sylvia L ^a   Gensler, Gary E ^a   Barrios, Pablo Romero ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANADA; CHICKEN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 62549123737     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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