Detection and zoonotic potential of Trichinella spp. from free-range pig farming in Greece

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 536-540

  Papatsiros, V G ^a   Boutsini, S ^b   Ntousi, D ^b   Stougiou, D ^b   Mintza, D ^b   Bisias, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; MEAT; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GREECE; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MEAT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWINE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS; ZOONOSES;

SUIDAE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI;

EID: 84861970298     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.1102     Document Type: Article

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