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Investigation of Salmonella enterica in Sardinian slaughter pigs: prevalence, serotype and genotype characterization.
International journal of food microbiology - 2 Dec 2011
Piras Francesca, Brown Derek J, Meloni Domenico, Mureddu Anna, Mazzette Rina
Abstract excerpt
In order to improve the knowledge about the presence of Salmonella in pork meat in Sardinia (Italy), the prevalence and the sources of Salmonella at 5 pig slaughterhouses (slaughtered pigs and environment) were investigated and the isolates were characterised. A total of 462 samples were collected, 425 from pigs at slaughter and 41 from the slaughterhouse environment. Salmonella was isolated from 26/85 (30.5%)...
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