Detection of bovine central nervous system tissue in liver sausages using a reverse transcriptase PCR technique and a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2178-2183

  Nowak, B ^a   Mueffling, T V ^a   Kuefen, A ^a   Ganseforth, K ^b   Seyboldt, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Fzmb GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 26844522459     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.10.2178     Document Type: Article

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