A collaborative study of a method for the enumeration of probiotic lactobacilli in animal feed

Food Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-66

  Leuschner, Renata G K ^a   Bew, Jan ^a   Coeuret, Valérie ^b   Vernoux, Jean Paul ^b   Gueguen, Micheline ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Feed; Method; Official control; Probiotic lactobacilli

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0037298683     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(02)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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