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The Incidence and Serotypes of Clostridium perfringens on Beef, Pork and Lamb Carcasses
Author(s) -
SMART J. L,
ROBERTS T. A.,
STRINGER M. F.,
SHAH N.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1979.tb00834.x
Subject(s) - clostridium perfringens , serotype , outbreak , veterinary medicine , food science , biology , incidence (geometry) , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , virology , mathematics , bacteria , genetics , geometry
Examination by swabbing a 100 cm 2 area adjacent to the anus demonstrated Clostridium perfringens on 29 of 100 beef, 66 of 100 pork and 85 of 100 lamb carcasses samples before chilling at a commercial abattoir at the end of the slaughter line. Numbers were generally low (20/100 cm 2 ). Serotypes implicated in a high percentage of food poisoning outbreaks in the UK were detected at about the same frequency as others.