Can stress in farm animals increase food safety risk?

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 767-776

  Rostagno, Marcos H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; STRESS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 70349224042     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0315     Document Type: Review

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