Association between a case study of asymptomatic ovine listerial mastitis and the contamination of soft cheese and cheese processing environment with listeria monocytogenes in portugal

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 569-575

  Pintado, Cristina M B S ^a   Grant, Kathie A ^b   Halford Maw, Robin ^b   Hampton, Mike D ^b   Ferreira, Maria A S S ^c   McLauchlin, Jim ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHEESE; CHEESEMAKING; EWE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LACTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; CHEESE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASTITIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORTUGAL; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

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

EID: 67650793537     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0246     Document Type: Article

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