From pig to pork: Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the pork production chain

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1095-1108

  Lassok, Birgit ^a   Tenhagen, Bernd Alois ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84878854506     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-341     Document Type: Review

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