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A Review of Microbiological Aspects of Poultry Processing1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2007

H. E. Brune  and
F. E. Cunningham
H. E. Brune
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Dairy–Poultry ScienceKansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66502
F. E. Cunningham
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Dairy–Poultry ScienceKansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66502
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1971 , pp. 223 - 240
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