Prevalence and distribution of Sarcocystis spp. cysts in several muscles of cattle slaughtered in Sicily, Southern Italy

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Bucca, Mirella ^a   Brianti, Emanuele ^a   Giuffrida, Alessandro ^a   Ziino, Graziella ^a   Cicciari, Salvatore ^a   Panebianco, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 78649334233     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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