Assessment of microbial load of raw meat at abattoirs and retail outlets

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 745-748

  Ahmad, M U D ^a   Sarwar, A ^a,b   Najeeb, M I ^a   Nawaz, M ^a   Anjum, A A ^a   Ali, M A ^a   Mansur, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Coli; E; Meat; Retail outlets; Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879663686     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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