Incidence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Animals in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Tetsuya YOSHIDA¹  Katsuya HIRAI²  Tomoaki SUGIMOTO²  Moritoshi SATO¹ 

[1] Division of Food Hygiene, Nagano Research Institute for Health and Pollution, 1978 Amori-Komemura, Nagano 380-0944, Japan;Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1112, Japan

关键词: incidence;    Listeria;    wild animal;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.62.673

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(18)Cited-By(15)Between 1991 and 1993, the intestinal contents and feces of wild animals in Japan were examined for the presence of Listeria. The wild animals examined included 623 mammals (11 species) and 996 birds (18 species). Listeria species were isolated from 38 (6.1%) of the 623 mammalian samples and 133 (13.4%) of 996 bird samples. The highest incidence of Listeria in the mammals was found in Japanese monkeys (20.0%) and that in birds was found in crows (43.2%). The incidence of Listeria in Japanese monkeys varied from 0 to 40.0% depending on the capture area. L. monocytogenes was isolated from 11 of these positive samples. Serovars 1/2a and 4b predominated in eight serotyped L. monocytogenes isolates.

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