Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 48 No. 5, 2017.
Stručni rad
Presence of Coxiella burnetii in raw milk from milk vending machines in the Republic of Croatia
Brigita Hengl
orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-2087
; Hrvatska agencija za hranu, Osijek, Hrvatska
Silvio Špičić
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sanja Duvnjak
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Irena Reil
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Lidija Kozačinski
; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Andrea Humski
Ivančica Kovaček
; Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo dr. Andrija Štampar, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Andrea Benussi Skukan
; Centar za kontrolu namirnica, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
C. burnetii is known as the cause of human Q-fever disease and as such is a pathogen of public health interest. Disease reservoirs are cattle, goats, sheep and other animals. Raw milk from vending machines is a potential source of this bacteria. For the first time in Croatia, raw milk from vending machines was sampled for molecular analyses on C. burnetii and this pathogen was confirmed for the first time. Due to a lack of evidence of the presence of C. burnetii in raw milk, this study included almost all milk vending machines in Croatia and was conducted in two sampling periods, in February and June. The mean prevalence of
C. burnetii in raw milk was 17.54% (17.86 and 17.25% by sampling period). However, it is of particular concern that this pathogen was found in both samples from three producers. Monitoring of C. burnetii and veterinary and sanitary measures during milking, processing and selling raw milk are recommended. This would assist in maintaining this relatively low prevalence and preventing the spread to other herds, where it will be very difficult to eradicate after pathogen first herd introduction.
Ključne riječi
raw milk; milk vending machine; Coxiella burnetii
Hrčak ID:
222653
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.10.2017.
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