Open AccessBACTERIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION ON Fasciola hepatica AND CATTLE BILIARY DUCTS
Author(s) -
M Bucca,
Graziella Ziino,
A. Panebianco
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
italian journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2239-7132
DOI - 10.4081/ijfs.2008.3.53
Subject(s) - fasciola hepatica , citrobacter freundii , biology , hepatica , parasite hosting , citrobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , proteus mirabilis , enterobacter , enterobacteriaceae , bacteria , helminths , staphylococcus aureus , zoology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , genetics , world wide web , gene , computer science
The aim of this work was to investigate the occurrence of bacteria in Fasciola hepatica and into cattle biliary ducts containing the parasite. A total of 24 liver and 58 F. hepatica samples were analysed. In all biliary ducts and in 62,06% of parasite Enterobacteriaceae were isolated. The bacterial specie more frequently isolated from parasite were Citrobacter freundii (34%), Proteus mirabilis (18%), Providencia rettgeri (12%), Staphylococcus spp. (18%), Enterobacter spp. (12%). There doesn’t appear to be a correlation between bacterial specie from parasite and ducts. The Authors conclude with some related inspective consideration