Biofilm in milking equipment on a dairy farm as a potential source of bulk tank milk contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2792-2802

  Latorre, A A ^a   Van Kessel, J S ^b   Karns, J S ^b   Zurakowski, M J ^a   Pradhan, A K ^a   Boor, K J ^a   Jayarao, B M ^c   Houser, B A ^c   Daugherty, C S ^a   Schukken, Y H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Listeria monocytogenes; Milking equipment; Raw milk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 77953013463     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2717     Document Type: Article

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