Microbiological Safety of Chicken Litter or Chicken Litter-Based Organic Fertilizers: A Review

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Zhao ^a   Jiang, Xiuping ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken litter; Compost; Inactivation; Organic fertilizer; Pathogen; Poultry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126812130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture4010001     Document Type: Review

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