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The occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni in raw cows' milk
Author(s) -
BEUMER R.R.,
CRUYSEN J.J.M.,
BIRTANTIE I.R.K.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1988.tb01496.x
Subject(s) - lactoperoxidase , raw milk , campylobacter jejuni , food science , feces , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , campylobacter , biology , bacteria , enzyme , biochemistry , peroxidase , genetics
Faeces and raw milk from individual cows were examined for the presence of Campylobacter jejuni . After drawing milk, the lactoperoxidase system was inactivated by raising the pH to 7.5. The organism was isolated from 22% of 904 faecal samples and from 4.5% of 904 milk samples. From laboratory experiments it could be concluded that inactivation of the lactoperoxidase system resulted in a better isolation of C. jejuni from raw cows' milk.