Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Uses in Animal Feeding to Improve Food Safety

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-31

  Brashears, Mindy M ^a   Amezquita, Alejandro ^a   Jaroni, Divya ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 33645930381     PISSN: 10434526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-4526(05)50001-9     Document Type: Review

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