Visual cleanliness scores of cattle at slaughter and microbial loads on the hides and the carcases

Veterinary Record

Volumn 170, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 563-

  Blagojevic, B ^a   Antic, D ^a   Ducic, M ^a   Buncic, S ^a  

^a University of Novi Sad   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYGIENE; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861894075     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100477     Document Type: Article

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