Keratinase technology: From feather degradation and feed additive, to prion destruction

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shih, Jason C H ^a   Wang, Jeng Jie ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BioResource International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Feather degradation; Feed additive; Keratinase; Prion destruction; Prion like surrogate protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 37648999388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20061042     Document Type: Review

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