A case of sporadic ovine mastitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes and its effect on contamination of raw milk and raw-milk cheeses produced in the on-farm dairy

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-401

  Schoder, Dagmar ^a   Winter, Petra ^a   Kareem, Abdoulla ^a   Baumgartner, Walter ^a   Wagner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ewe; Listeria monocytogenes; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYGIENE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASTITIS; MILK; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0242571836     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029903006277     Document Type: Article

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