Occurrences of thermophilic Campylobacter in cattle slaughtered at Morogoro municipal abattoir, Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Nonga, Hezron E ^a   Sells, P ^b   Karimuribo, E D ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle meat; Contamination; Morogoro; Thermophilic Campylobacter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TANZANIA; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 71249135142     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9387-7     Document Type: Article

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