Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of Campylobacter spp. Contamination of turkey cecal contents and carcasses during and following the slaughtering process

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1212-1218

  Bily, Lise ^a   Petton, Julie ^a   Lalande, Françoise ^a   Rouxel, Sandra ^a   Denis, Martine ^a   Chemaly, Marianne ^a   Salvat, Gilles ^a   Fravalo, Philippe ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

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EID: 77955944235     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.7.1212     Document Type: Article

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