Detection, enumeration and characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica 4/O:3 in pig tonsils at slaughter in Northern Italy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 177, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-15

  Bonardi, Silvia ^a   Alpigiani, Irene ^a   Pongolini, Stefano ^b   Morganti, Marina ^b   Tagliabue, Silvia ^b   Bacci, Cristina ^a   Brindani, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enumeration; PFGE; Pig; Tonsil; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFSULODIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NOVOBIOCIN; PEPTONE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SORBITOL; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BILE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ITALY; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TONSIL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; ENUMERATION; PFGE; PIG; TONSIL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC VARIATION; ITALY; PALATINE TONSIL; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896897278     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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