Spinal cord tissue detection in comminuted beef: Comparison of two immunological methods

Meat Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 757-763

  Hajmeer, Maha ^a   Cliver, Dean O ^a   Provost, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BIO RAD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Brainostic ; Detection of neural tissue; Ridascreen ; Spinal cord; Test

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BRAIN; ENZYMES; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; TISSUE;

FOOD SAFETY;

MEATS;

EID: 0037930516     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(02)00278-4     Document Type: Article

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