A survey on the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in various semi-hard cheeses from different regions of Turkey

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1890-1894

  Guner, Ahmet ^a   Telli, Nihat ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carra; Konya kuflu; Listeria monocytogenes; Semi hard cheeses; Turkey; Urfa tulum; Van otlu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859424720     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2011.1890.1894     Document Type: Article

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