Modeling preharvest and harvest interventions for Escherichia coli O157 contamination of beef cattle carcasses

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1422-1433

  Dodd, Charles C ^a   Sanderson, Michael W ^a   Jacob, Megan E ^a   Renter, David G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SKIN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SKIN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSPORTATION;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052477342     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-516     Document Type: Article

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