Comparison of Campylobacter levels in crops and ceca of broilers at slaughter

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1072-1074

  Van Gerwe, Twan ^a   Bouma, Annemarie ^a   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^a,b,c   Jacobs Reitsma, Wilma F ^b   Stegeman, Arjan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WHO Collaborating Centre for Campylobacter   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

broiler; Campylobacter control; colonization level; cross contamination; food safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CECUM; CHICKEN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VETERINARY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CECUM; CHICKENS; CROP, AVIAN; POULTRY DISEASES;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 77957004570     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9113-101809-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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