Cooking and drying as effective mechanisms in limiting the zoonotic effect of Mycobacterium bovis in beef

ABSTRACT For this study 48 non-infected muscle, lymphatic and visceral bovine tissue samples were collected from an approved red meat abattoir and spiked with 8 ×107cfu/m of M. bovis. The different spiked samples were subjected to cooking and drying (drying through the process of biltong-making) pro...

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Main Authors: Bekke, JL, van der Merwe, M, van der Merwe, P, Michel AL
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 2008
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Online Access:http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001240