INVESTIGATIONS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF LISTE RIA-MONOCYTOGENES IN FECAL SAMPLES OF DOMESTIC AND COMPANION ANIMALS

Listeria (L.) monocytogenes was isolated from 33.3% fecal samples of 1 38 cattle (29 strains serovar 1/2b, 10 strains serovar 1/2a, 7 strains serovar 4ab), from 8% fecal samples of 100 hens (5 strains serovar 1/ 2b, 1 strain serovar 1/2a, 4ab and 4b each), from 8% fecal samples of 100 sheeps (6 strains serovar 1/2a, 1 strain serovar 1/2b and 4ab each ), from 5,9% fecal samples of 34 pigs (2 strains serovar 4ab), from 4, 8% fecal samples of 400 horses (7 strains serovar 1/2a, 6 strains sero var 1/2b and 4ab each), from 1,3% fecal samples of 300 dogs (3 strains serovar 1/2b, 1 strain serovar 4ab), from 0,9% fecal samples of 350 p igeons (1 strains serovar 1/2a, 1/2b and 4ab each), from 0,4% fecal sa mples of 275 cats (1 strain serovar 4b) and from 5 respectively 2 feca l samples of 35 tortoises (3 strains serovar 4ab, 2 strains serovar 4b ) respectively 5 amphibia (1 strain serovar 4ab and 4e each). Further 36,9% fecal samples of cattle, 15% fecal samples of hens, 6% fecal sam ples of horses, 5,9% fecal samples of pigs, 5% fecal samples of sheeps , 4% fecal samples of dogs, 2,3% fecal samples of pigeons, 3 fecal sam ples of 35 tortoises and 1 fecal sample of 260 rabbits contained L. in nocua. In further 2% fecal samples of hens, in further 1,5% fecal samp les of horses and in further 0,6% fecal samples of pigeons was detecte d L. seeligeri. 3 fecal samples of horses and 1 fecal sample of dogs, lizards and amphibia each contained L. welshimeri, while in 1 fecal sa mple of tortoises and in 3 fecal samples of 33 lizards L. ivanovii was detected.