Effect of pasturing on the incidence of Bacillus cereus spores in raw milk

International Dairy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 201-205

  Slaghuis, Betsie A ^a   Te Giffel, Meike C ^b   Beumer, Rijkelt R ^b   André, Geert ^a  

^a Research Station for Cattle   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus spores; Contamination sources; Farms; Raw milk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030727256     PISSN: 09586946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-6946(97)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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