Occurrence of Salmonella on meat and products in an ostrich abattoir as determined with a DNA probe

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Gopo, J M ^a,b   Banda, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Biotechnology Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0031318456     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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