THE PREVALENCE OF LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES IN FECAL SAMPLES FROM DOGS AND CATS

Authors
WEBER A DATZMANN C POTEL J
Citation
A. Weber et al., THE PREVALENCE OF LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES IN FECAL SAMPLES FROM DOGS AND CATS, Tierarztliche Umschau, 48(11), 1993, pp. 727-730
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Tierarztliche Umschau → ACNP
ISSN journal
00493864
Volume
48
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
727 - 730
Database
ISI
SICI code
0049-3864(1993)48:11<727:TPOLIF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Listeria spp were isolated from faeces samples from 17 (5.7%) of 300 d ogs examined. Four isolates were identified as L. monocytogenes, three were serovar 1/2b and one serovar 4ab, 12 isolates were L. innocua, o ne serovar 6a and eleven serovar 6b, and one isolate was L. welshimeri , serovar 4b. L. monocytogenes, serovar 4b was isolated from 1 of 275 faeces samples from cats. The results indicate that dogs and cats are not important in the epidemiology of listeriosis in man.