https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2011.843

SURVEY ON PROTOTHECA SPP. OCCURRENCE IN RAW MILK FROM AUTOMATIC DISPENSER: PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN

Vol. 1 No. 1zero (2011)
Submitted: 4 January 2013
Accepted: 4 January 2013
Published: 8 January 2011
Prototheca spp., raw milk, zoonosis
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G. Cammi
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Italy.
M. Merenda
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Italy.
F. Garilli
Corso di Laurea in “Tecnologie delle Produzioni animali e sicurezza degli alimenti” Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria. Università di Parma, Italy.
M. Ricchi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Italy.
C. Garbarino
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Italy.
N. Arrigoni
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Italy.
G.L. Belletti
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Prototheca spp. are colorless unicellular algae ubiquitous in nature and opportunistic pathogens for humans and animals. Since Prototheca is an important cause of bovine mastitis, milk, as well as dairy products, can be contaminated and represent a potential mean of transmission of this microorganism to man. We carried out a survey on the automatic milk dispensers in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Northern Italy), to evaluate human exposure to Prototheca through raw milk. Milk samples were collected from 177 automatic dispensers, distributing milk from 117 dairy herds. Prototheca spp. was isolated on 17 milk samples (9,6 %) produced by 14 dairy herds. The results of molecular characterization indicate that the isolates were P. zopfii genotipe 2 e P. blaschkeae, both species being associated whit human diseases. Our investigation points out the importance of raw milk as a carrier of microorganisms potentially harmful to humans.

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Cammi G, Merenda M, Garilli F, Ricchi M, Garbarino C, Arrigoni N, Belletti G. SURVEY ON PROTOTHECA SPP. OCCURRENCE IN RAW MILK FROM AUTOMATIC DISPENSER: PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 8 [cited 2024 Nov. 5];1(1zero):87-91. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2011.1S.87

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