INCIDENCE OF LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES AND OTHER LISTERIA SPECIES IN RAW-MILK PRODUCED IN SPAIN

Authors
GAYA P SANCHEZ J MEDINA M NUNEZ M
Citation
P. Gaya et al., INCIDENCE OF LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES AND OTHER LISTERIA SPECIES IN RAW-MILK PRODUCED IN SPAIN, Food microbiology (Print), 15(5), 1998, pp. 551-555
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Microbiology
Journal title
Food microbiology (Print) → ACNP
ISSN journal
07400020
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
551 - 555
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-0020(1998)15:5<551:IOLAOL>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Raw milk samples from bulk tanks of 114 farms in Central Spain were an alysed for Listeria twice per season over a I-year period. L. monocyto genes and L. innocua were detected in 3.62 and 2.71% of 774 milk sampl es, respectively. No other Listeria species were isolated. Most farms (85.1%) produced milk apparently free from L. monocytogenes throughout the 1-year sampling period. No seasonal influence on milk contaminati on by L. monocytogenes or L. innocua was found. (C) 1998 Academic Pres s.