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

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Leuschner, Renata G K ^a   Bew, Jan ^a   Simpson, Paul ^b   Ross, Paul R ^b   Stanton, Catherine ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Feed; Method; Official control; Probiotic bifidobacteria

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYSTEINE; FOOD ADDITIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ACCURACY; ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; LABORATORY; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037448145     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00365-3     Document Type: Article

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