Listeria monocytogenes is a significant concern in cheese production. It has been assumed by some that wood surfaces pose greater risk for pathogen contamination during The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect microbiota obtained from wooden boards used ripening on growth monocytogenes. Bacterial communities surface cheese-ripening facilities were inoculated into tryptic soy broth (TSB...

BACKGROUND In the last few years stud farms have experienced increasing problems with Parascaris equorum infections in foals despite intensive deworming programs. This has led to the question as to whether the anthelmintic drugs used against this parasite are failing. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of ivermectin, fenbendazole and pyrantel on the faecal output of ascarid eggs of fo...

Sir, During recent years, Staphylococcus aureus isolates of animal origin have been identified that have exhibited high MICs of spectinomycin (≥512 mg/L). – 3 The molecular analysis for resistance genes in these isolates identified frequently the Tn554-borne spectinomycin resistance gene spc. For more than 25 years, spc was the only spectinomycin resistance gene known to occur in staphylococci....

With the aim of studying the endoparasite fauna of horses from the Formiga city, located in center-west region of the state of Minas Gerais, 25 animals that were naturally infected with helminths were evaluated. By means of parasitological necropsies, different endoparasites were found. The subfamily Cyathostominae presented the highest incidence, followed by Trichostrongylus axei, Oxyuris equi...

Out of 92 donkeys examined for gastrointestinal parasites, 90 animals were found infected by one or more gastrointestinal parasites with an overall prevalence rate of 97.78%. The distributions of the recovered parasites in the different parts of the body were as follows: stomach, 92.4%, small intestine, 19.6%, caecum, 88%, colon, 80.4%, rectum, 73.9%, and cranial mesenteric artery, 64.1%. A sig...

The present study was carried out from November 2008 to March 2009 in and around Hawassa town to identify and determine the prevalence of helminth species and its associated risk factors in Horses. For this purpose, a total of 190 fecal samples were collected randomly from naturally infected horses for examination of the presence of helminth parasites. The overall prevalence of different types ...

Environmental contamination and the egg excretion pattern of the ascarid Parascaris equorum (Nematoda) was investigated in relation to anthelmintic treatment on a Swedish stud farm. Faecal samples from 15 foals, dewormed every 8th-week with a paste formulation of ivermectin at the standard dose rate of 0.2 mg/kg bodyweight, were collected at five sampling occasions between August and November 2...

The possible contribution of brine-derived microflora to the sensory attributes cheese is still a rather unexplored field. In this study, 365 bacteria and 105 yeast strains isolated from 11 brines were qualitatively tested for proteolytic lipolytic activities, positive identified by sequencing. Among bacteria, Staphylococcus equorum was most frequent, followed Macrococcus caseolyticus Corynebac...

Non-aureus staphylococci and the closely related mammaliicoccal species (NASM) are most common causes of bovine subclinical mastitis on modern dairy farms highly prevalent in bulk-tank milk. The purpose this study was to determine distribution NASM both composite cow milk (CCM) (BTM) samples collected tandem commercial Flemish herds estimate origin different (subgroups of) present BTM by applyi...