Using varying levels of formic acid to limit growth of salmonella gallinarum in contaminated broiler feed

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 390-395

  Al Natour, Mohammad Q ^a   Alshawabkeh, Khalil M ^a,b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Broiler feed; Contamination; Feed additive; Formic acid; Salmonella gallinarum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR GALLINARUM;

EID: 16844379789     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.390     Document Type: Article

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