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Prevalence of Salmonella infecting bacteriophages associated with Ontario pig farms and the holding area of a high capacity pork processing facility.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture - 1 Oct 2010
Wang Sunan, Zhao Weikang, Raza Asad, Friendship Robert, Johnson Roger, Kostrzynska Magdalena, Warriner Keith
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is interest in applying bacteriophages to control Salmonella in pig production and pork processing. The following reports on the prevalence of Salmonella infecting bacteriophages within Ontario pig farms and associated with the holding area of a pork slaughterhouse. RESULTS: Salmonella infecting bacteriophages were present in 30 and 28 of the effluent manure samples collected from 36 farms using...
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