Environmental indicators and shellfish safety /
Hackney, Cameron Ray,1951-
Pierson, Merle D.
New York : Chapman & Hall,
c1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 410-514) and index.
Historical overview -- Microbial and chemical indicators -- Human enteric pathogenic viruses -- Human-associated bacterial pathogens -- Animal- and terrestrial-associated bacterial pathogens -- Association of Vibrionaceae, natural toxins and parasites with fecal indicators -- Methods to recover injured indicators and pathogens -- Changes in indicator and pathogen populations during processing and handling of shucked shellfish -- Sanitary surveys of growing waters -- Depuration and relaying of molluscan shellfish -- Using indicator information for managing risks -- Epidemiologic studies -- Statistical sampling of growing waters and shellfish meat.
Shellfish as carriers of disease.
Shellfish
Shellfish fisheries