Comparison of three commercial competitive-exclusion products for controlling Salmonella colonization of broilers in Brazil

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 490-492

  Ferreira, A J P ^a   Ferreira, C S A ^a   Knobl, T ^a   Moreno, A M ^a   Bacarro, M R ^a   Chen, M ^b   Robach, M ^b   Mead, G C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Wayne Farms LLC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0037341341     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.3.490     Document Type: Article

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