Pathogenic microbiological baseline survey of pork carcasses in Taiwan

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1046-1050

  Wang, Jyh Perng ^a   Yeh, Kuang Sheng ^a   Hsieh, Ming Wei ^a   Fang, Chien Yu ^a   Chen, Zeng Weng ^a   Lin, Jiunn Horng ^a,b  

^a ANIMAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; SWINE; TAIWAN;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; SWINE; TAIWAN;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84878887670     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-448     Document Type: Article

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