title: Listeria monocytogenes in "oven-ready" poultry.
abstract: Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from 10 out of 68 "oven-ready" poultry (ie, 14-7 per cent) purchased at 26 different shops and supermarkets. The organisms belonged to type 4 and 1/2; from one chicken both serotypes were isolated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008460:Meat