Seasonal influence on the prevalence of thermotolerant Campylobacter in retail broiler meat in Denmark

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1028-1032

  Boysen, Louise ^a   Vigre, Håkan ^a   Rosenquist, Hanne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Broiler meat; Campylobacter; Prevalence; Retail; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DENMARK; DISEASE CARRIER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; DENMARK; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 79955863950     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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