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- Title
ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTER SPP. IN CATTLE CARCASSES FROM A NORTHERN ITALIAN SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
- Authors
Valnegri, L.; Franzoni, M.; Colombo, F.; Soncini, G.
- Abstract
Rinse water samples were obtained from fifty cattle carcasses processed in a northern Italian slaughterhouse between January and April 2007. The incidence and prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in these samples were determined. Conventional cultural techniques, followed by a rapid latex agglutination test were used for testing. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by DNA sequencing was used to identify the thermophilic Campylobacter. Campylobacter spp. were detected in four (8%) samples using the cultural methods and in six (12%) samples using molecular techniques. Campylobacter jejuni was the only species detected in these samples. The results indicate a relatively low level of Campylobacter spp. contamination on the examined cattle carcasses.
- Subjects
CATTLE carcasses; AGGLUTINATION tests; CAMPYLOBACTER jejuni; MOLECULAR models; CONTAMINATION of drinking water
- Publication
Italian Journal of Food Science / Rivista Italiana di Scienza degli Alimenti, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 3, p433
- ISSN
1120-1770
- Publication type
Article