Effect of egg washing and correlation between cuticle and egg penetration by various Salmonella strains

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 182-183, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-25

  Gole, Vaibhav C ^a   Roberts, Juliet R ^b   Sexton, Margaret ^c   May, Damian ^d   Kiermeier, Andreas ^d   Chousalkar, Kapil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Primary Industries and Regions South Australia ^*  (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Eggshell quality; Salmonella; Translucency; Washing

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; EGG SHELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INOCULATION; SALMONELLA; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG; EGGSHELL QUALITY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSLUCENCY; WASHING;

CUTICLE; EGGSHELL QUALITY; SALMONELLA; TRANSLUCENCY; WASHING;

ANIMALS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALMONELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904798647     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.04.030     Document Type: Article

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