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Listeria monocytogenes in five Sardinian swine slaughterhouses: prevalence, serotype, and genotype characterization.
Journal of food protection - 1 Nov 2013
Meloni Domenico, Piras Francesca, Mureddu Anna, Fois Federica, Consolati Simonetta Gianna, Lamon Sonia, Mazzette Rina
Abstract excerpt
In a 3-year study (2008 to 2011) to estimate the prevalence and the contamination sources of Listeria monocytogenes in pork meat in Sardinia, Italy, 211 samples were collected from five Sardinian swine slaughterhouses: 171 samples from slaughtered pigs and 40 from the slaughterhouse environment. Fifty L. monocytogenes isolates were characterized by PCR-based serotyping, presence of virulence-associated genes, and...
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