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Salmonella cross-contamination in swine abattoirs in Portugal: Carcasses, meat and meat handlers.
International journal of food microbiology - 15 Jun 2012
Gomes-Neves Eduarda, Antunes Patrícia, Tavares Alcina, Themudo Patrícia, Cardoso Margarida Fonseca, Gärtner Fátima, Costa José Manuel, Peixe Luísa
Abstract excerpt
In this study the occurrence of Salmonella in swine, pork meat and meat handlers along with their clonal relatedness is evaluated at abattoir level. Samples from the lymph nodes, carcass surface and meat of 100 pigs and 45 meat handlers were collected in eight abattoirs (July 2007-August 2008). Salmonella isolates were serotyped and genotyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). From the pigs tested, 42...
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