The objective of this study was to streamline the detection and identification of Listeria monocytogenes (LM) in livestock and foods. Hog tonsil scrapings, hog tissues collected at necropsy, ground pork, and turkey washes were inoculated into UVM-1 (10% w/v) and after incubation (3 days) transferred to UVM-2. After 2 days, samples were plated to Palcam agar and incubated (48 h, 37 o C). Charact...

All food animals will experience some level of stress during their lives. Stress reduces the fitness an animal, which can be expressed through failure to achieve production performance standards or targets, more drastically, injury, disease and death. in also have detrimental effects on quality safety products. However, knowledge animals’ its effect products is scanty. The aim this review artic...