Viability of Cryptosporidium parvum during ensilage of perennial ryegrass

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-120

  Merry, R J ^a,b   Mawdsley, J L ^a   Brooks, A E ^a   Davies, D R ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUTYRIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ACID TREATED; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS; DRY MATTERS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OOCYSTS; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS;

PROPIONIC ACID;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FERMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; PH;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0030914497     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1997.tb03305.x     Document Type: Article

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