Listeriosis: The dark side of refrigeration and ensiling

Zoonoses-Infections Affecting Humans and Animals: Focus on Public Health Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 249-286

  Allerberger, Franz ^a   Bagó, Zoltán ^a   Huhulescu, Steliana ^a   Pietzka, Ariane ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9457-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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