Hygienic and health characteristics of donkey milk during a follow-up study

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-397

  Pilla, Rachel ^a   Daprà, Valentina ^a   Zecconi, Alfonso ^a   Piccinini, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Donkey milk; lysozyme; mammary gland; NAGase; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL COUNT; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MURAMIDASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS ASINUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 77958454556     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029910000221     Document Type: Article

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