Investigation of Salmonella enterica in Sardinian slaughter pigs: Prevalence, serotype and genotype characterization

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Piras, Francesca ^a   Brown, Derek J ^b   Meloni, Domenico ^a   Mureddu, Anna ^a   Mazzette, Rina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PFGE; Pig; Salmonella; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARCASS; COLON; GENOTYPE; HYGIENE; INTEGRON; ITALY; LIVER; MEAT; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA DERBY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; INTEGRONS; ITALY; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 80054069540     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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