Salmonella cross-contamination in swine abattoirs in Portugal: Carcasses, meat and meat handlers

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-87

  Gomes Neves, Eduarda ^a   Antunes, Patrícia ^a   Tavares, Alcina ^b   Themudo, Patrícia ^b   Cardoso, Margarida Fonseca ^a   Gärtner, Fátima ^a   Costa, José Manuel ^a,c   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cross contamination; Meat; Pigs; Salmonella clones; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARCASS; CONTAMINATION; CROSS CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; ILEOCEACAL LYMPH NODE; INFECTION RISK; LYMPH NODE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; WORKER;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GENOTYPE; MEAT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 84861726787     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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