Biofilters for controlling animal rendering odour - A pilot-scale study

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2403-2410

  Luo, Jiafa ^a   Van Oostrom, Albert ^a  

^a Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal rendering; Biofilters; GC MS; Odour; Olfactometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000407942     PISSN: 00334545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1351/pac199769112403     Document Type: Article

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