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High diversity of viable bacteria isolated from lymph nodes of slaughter pigs and its possible impacts for food safety.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Nov 2015
Mann E, Dzieciol M, Pinior B, Neubauer V, Metzler-Zebeli B U, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Ileocaecal lymph nodes (ICLNs) of pigs, the key immune inductive site for bacterial systemic invasion, were examined in this study with emphasis on viable and cultivable bacteria. METHODS AND RESULTS: Asymptomatic and pathologically altered ICLNs of slaughter pigs (n = 16) with hyperplasia, purulence or granulomatous formations were aerobically and anaerobically cultivated. In total, 209 isolates were...
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