Campylobacter spp. in broiler flocks at farm level and the potential for cross-contamination during slaughter

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Ellerbroek, L I ^a   Lienau, J A ^a   Klein, G ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broiler; Cross contamination; Farm level; Prevalence; Slaughter; Thermophilic Campylobacter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARCASS; EVISCERATION; GENOTYPE; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HYGIENE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 78649649954     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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