Campylobacter contamination in broiler carcasses and correlation with slaughterhouses operational hygiene inspection

Food Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-112

  Habib, Ihab ^a,g   Berkvens, Dirk ^b   De Zutter, Lieven ^a   Dierick, Katelijne ^c   Van Huffel, Xavier ^d   Speybroeck, Niko ^e   Geeraerd, Annemie H ^f   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain FASFC   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Broiler carcasses; Campylobacter; Risk factors; Slaughterhouse hygiene; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; HYGIENE; MEAT;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 80054965086     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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