Detection of campylobacter from poultry carcass skin samples at slaughter in southern Italy

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1718-1721

  Pepe, Tiziana ^a   De Dominicis, Rosaria ^a   Esposito, Giuseppina ^a   Ventrone, Iole ^a   Fratamico, Pina M ^b   Cortesi, Maria Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68849083583     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.8.1718     Document Type: Article

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