Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1319-1329 , April 2009

Occurrence of β-casein fragments in cold-stored and curdled river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis L.) milk

  • A. Di Luccia

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Progettazione e Gestione dei Sistemi Agro-Zootecnici e Forestali (PROGESA), Università di Bari, Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • G. Picariello

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Scienze dell’Alimentazione (ISA) - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Roma 52A/C, 83100 Avellino, Italy
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  • A. Trani

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Progettazione e Gestione dei Sistemi Agro-Zootecnici e Forestali (PROGESA), Università di Bari, Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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  • G. Alviti

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Progettazione e Gestione dei Sistemi Agro-Zootecnici e Forestali (PROGESA), Università di Bari, Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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  • P. Loizzo

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Progettazione e Gestione dei Sistemi Agro-Zootecnici e Forestali (PROGESA), Università di Bari, Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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  • M. Faccia

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Progettazione e Gestione dei Sistemi Agro-Zootecnici e Forestali (PROGESA), Università di Bari, Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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  • F. Addeo

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Scienze dell’Alimentazione (ISA) - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Roma 52A/C, 83100 Avellino, Italy
    • Dipartimento di Scienza degli Alimenti, University of Naples “Federico II,” Parco Gussone, Portici 80055, Italy

Received 2 April 2008 ,Accepted 18 November 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(09)70443-6

doi: 10.3168/jds.2008-1220

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1319-1329 , April 2009