A new microbial screening method for the detection of antimicrobial residues in slaughter animals: The Nouws antibiotic test (NAT-screening)

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 781-789

  Pikkemaat, Mariël G ^a   Dijk, Sabrina Oostra van ^a,b   Schouten, Jan ^a   Rapallini, Michel ^a,b   van Egmond, Harry J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic residues; Microbial inhibition test; Renal pelvis fluid

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 40249111642     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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