Enumeration of Escherichia coli cells on chicken carcasses as a potential measure of microbial process control in a random selection of slaughter establishments in the United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3522-3527

  Altekruse, Sean F ^a,c   Berrang, Mark E ^b   Marks, Harry ^a   Patel, Bharat ^a   Shaw Jr , William K ^a   Saini, Parmesh ^a   Bennett, Patricia A ^a   Bailey, J Stan ^b,d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER; CELL NUMBER; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; LOGISTIC DISTRIBUTIONS; MEAN VALUES; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MIXED-EFFECT MODELS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOM SELECTION; SAMPLE SETS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; POULTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARCASS; CHICKEN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; MICROBIAL PROCESS CONTROL; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; PROCESS CONTROL; SALMONELLA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALMONELLA; UNITED STATES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 66249111119     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02685-08     Document Type: Article

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