Bacillus cereus spores in raw milk: Factors affecting the contamination of milk during the grazing period

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-314

  Christiansson, A ^a   Bertilsson, J ^b   Svensson, B ^a  

^a Swedish Dairies' Association   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus spores; Contamination sources; Polymerase chain reaction; Raw milk

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033073643     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75237-9     Document Type: Article

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