Wide variety of bioserotypes of enteropathogenic Yersinia in tonsils of English pigs at slaughter

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 64-69

  Ortiz Martínez, Pilar ^a   Mylona, Sophia ^b   Drake, Ian ^b   Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a,c   Korkeala, Hannu ^a   Corry, Janet E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioserotypes; England; Pigs; Rearing method; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SUMMER; SWINE; TONSIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PALATINE TONSIL; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

SUIDAE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77949912962     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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