Prevalence of mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in swiss raw milk cheeses collected at the retail level

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3590-3595

  Stephan, R ^a   Schumacher, S ^a   Tasara, T ^a   Grant, I R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Mycobacterium avium ssp. Paratuberculosis; Raw milk cheese; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 35748962290     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0015     Document Type: Article

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