Study of the microbial and chemical properties of goat milk kefir produced by inoculation with Taiwanese kefir grains

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 711-715

  Chen, Ming Ju ^a   Liu, Je Ruei ^a,b   Lin, Chin Wen ^a   Yeh, Yu Tzu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Goat Milk; Kefir; Medium Chain length Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; KEFIR;

EID: 19944419129     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.711     Document Type: Article

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