date:Aug 20, 2013
Salmonella Typhimurium in ground beef could be the biggest food safety issue facing the beef industry today.
Typhimurium has proven to be antibiotic-resistant, which makes eliminating the pathogen from food products very challenging.
Beef researchers are looking into pre-harvest interventions such as vaccinations and probiotics to reduce Typhimurium in cattle.
Unlike other serotypes that populated the intestinal tract of animals, Typhimurium might be in the lymph system of cattle. Research i