Prevalence and enumeration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in U.S. Abattoirs that process fewer than 1,000 head of cattle per day

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1272-1278

  Bosilevac, Joseph M ^a   Arthur, Terrance M ^a   Bono, James L ^a   Brichta Harhay, Dayna M ^a   Kalchayanand, Norasak ^a   King, David A ^a   Shackelford, Steve D ^a   Wheeler, Tommy L ^a   Koohmaraie, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 67650070796     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.6.1272     Document Type: Article

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