Occurrence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in selected dairy and meat products marketed in the City of Rabat, Morocco

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1234-1237

  Benkerroum, N ^a   Bouhlal, Y ^a   El Attar, A ^a   Marhaben, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b Abattoirs la Municipalite de Rabat   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2942590314     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.6.1234     Document Type: Article

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