Transfer of melamine from feed to milk and from milk to cheese and whey in lactating dairy cows fed single oral doses

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5338-5347

  Battaglia, M ^a   Cruywagen, C W ^b   Bertuzzi, T ^a   Gallo, A ^a   Moschini, M ^a   Piva, G ^a   Masoero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cheese; Cyanuric acid; Melamine; Milk

Indexed keywords

CYANURIC ACID; MELAMINE; MILK PROTEIN; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; WHEY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEESE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHEESE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; TRIAZINES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78649377698     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3326     Document Type: Article

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