Longevity of Mycobacterium bovis in raw and traditional souring milk as a function of storage temperature and dose

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Michel, Anita L ^a,b   Geoghegan, Claire ^a   Hlokwe, Tiny ^b   Raseleka, Keneilwe ^b,f   Getz, Wayne M ^c,d   Marcotty, Tanguy ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development Northern Cape Provincial Veterinary Laboratory   (South Africa)

^g Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development Northern Cape Provincial Veterinary Laboratory ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; HALF LIFE TIME; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84938674424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129926     Document Type: Article

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