Shedding of foodborne pathogens and microbial carcass contamination of hunted wild ruminants

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 149-154

  Obwegeser, Tobias ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a   Hofer, Eveline ^a   Zweifel, Claudio ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carcass contamination; Fecal shedding; Hunted wild ruminants; Listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVIDS; CARCASS; CHAMOIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; GENE EXPRESSION; HYGIENE; IBEX; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RED DEER; RESERVOIR; ROE DEER; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TOTAL VIABLE COUNT; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA IBEX; CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; SALMONELLA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84864603521     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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