Recovery of Salmonella from eggshell wash, eggshell crush, and egg internal contents of unwashed commercial shell eggs in Australia

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1739-1741

  Chousalkar, K K ^a   Roberts, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg; Poultry; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; EGG; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84862298199     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02144     Document Type: Article

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