Distribution of microflora on cattle hides and its transmission to meat via direct contact

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1025-1029

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

^a Horticulture and Landscape Architecture   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEAT HYGIENE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cattle hide; Faecal indicators; Hide microflora; Meat hygiene; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 77549088078     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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