Novel approach for detecting prohibited species-specific central nervous system tissue contamination in meat by one-step real-time reverse transcriptase PCR

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1063-1069

  Nagarajan, M M ^a   Longtin, D ^a   Simard, C ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

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EID: 66949119314     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.5.1063     Document Type: Article

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