Factors influencing detection of salmonellae in rendered animal by-products.
Detection of salmonellae in animal by-products is influenced by the enrichment and plating media and by quantity of product tested, and is related to the total plate count. A linear relationship exists between detection of salmonellae and total plate counts from 10(4) through 10(7) per gram.
D000362:Agar; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000592:standards; D002452:Cell Count; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D003553:Cystine; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008460:Meat; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012643:Selenium; D013455:Sulfur
D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D003553:Cystine; D013455:Sulfur; D000362:Agar; D012643:Selenium