Treatment of cattle hides with Shellac-in-ethanol solution to reduce bacterial transferability - A preliminary study

Meat Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-81

  Antic, D ^a   Blagojevic, B ^a   Ducic, M ^a   Mitrovic, R ^b   Nastasijevic, I ^b   Buncic, S ^a  

^a Horticulture and Landscape Architecture   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEAT HYGIENE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Carcass contamination; Cattle hides; Escherichia coli O157; Hide microflora; Meat hygiene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLANT RESIN; SHELLAC; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SKIN; BACTERIA; BOVINAE; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ETHANOL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RESINS, PLANT; SKIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77149179050     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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