Chemical and microbiological quality of raw milk produced by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 984-987

  Mutukumira, A N ^a,b   Feresu, S B ^b   Narvhus, J A ^a   Abrahamsen, R K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

bulk tank; milk composition; milk quality; Raw milk; Zimbabwean milk

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029794977     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.9.984     Document Type: Article

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