Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.56.2.2

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in cheese and in cow mastitis – a case report

Barbara Boljkovac Begić orcid.org/0009-0000-1423-0075 ; Hrvatski veterinarski institut - podružnica Veterinarski zavod Rijeka, Hrvatska
Natalija Džafić orcid.org/0000-0001-7658-5517 ; Hrvatski veterinarski institut - podružnica Veterinarski zavod Rijeka, Hrvatska *
Karmela Nina Barać orcid.org/0009-0003-9474-6363 ; Hrvatski veterinarski institut - podružnica Veterinarski zavod Rijeka, Hrvatska
Tibor Andreanszky ; Hrvatski veterinarski institut - podružnica Veterinarski zavod Rijeka, Hrvatska
Mirela Sablić orcid.org/0009-0003-6298-7664 ; Hrvatski veterinarski institut - podružnica Veterinarski zavod Rijeka, Hrvatska

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitous and causes listeriosis, which manifests in animals in the form of septicaemia, encephalitis, abortions, and, rarely, mastitis. In humans, food is the main source of infection, which is the reason food business operators take samples and test for Listeria. We report a case of L. monocytogenes
detection in traditional cheese made from raw milk, and subsequent investigation revealed that L. monocytogenes was excreted from a cow mammary gland. Although treatment was carried out according to the results of the antibiogram, there was no improvement in the subclinical mastitis and the excretion of L. monocytogenes after treatment was 8.8x102cfu/mL, and therefore the cow was removed from the herd.

Keywords

Listeria; mastitis; cheese; bovine; milk; sampling

Hrčak ID:

319592

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/319592

Publication date:

14.8.2024.

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