Short Communications
Vol. 1 No. 1zero (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2011.889

ENTEROTOXIGENIC STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN SHEEP RAW MILK

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Received: 4 January 2013
Published: 8 January 2011
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Staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcal enterotoxins, sheep milk

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G. Giacinti
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana. C.Re.L.D.O.C. - Centro Nazionale di Referenza per la Qualità del Latte e dei Prodotti Derivati degli Ovini e dei Caprini, Italy.
S. Amatiste
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana. C.Re.L.D.O.C. - Centro Nazionale di Referenza per la Qualità del Latte e dei Prodotti Derivati degli Ovini e dei Caprini, Italy.
A. Tammaro
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana. C.Re.L.D.O.C. - Centro Nazionale di Referenza per la Qualità del Latte e dei Prodotti Derivati degli Ovini e dei Caprini, Italy.
D. Sagrafoli
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana. C.Re.L.D.O.C. - Centro Nazionale di Referenza per la Qualità del Latte e dei Prodotti Derivati degli Ovini e dei Caprini, Italy.
G. Giangolini
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana. C.Re.L.D.O.C. - Centro Nazionale di Referenza per la Qualità del Latte e dei Prodotti Derivati degli Ovini e dei Caprini, Italy.
R. Rosati
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana. C.Re.L.D.O.C. - Centro Nazionale di Referenza per la Qualità del Latte e dei Prodotti Derivati degli Ovini e dei Caprini, Italy.
A total of 366 raw milk samples from 30 sheep farms were examined quantitatively for Staphylococcus aureus. Enterotoxin production by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated was investigated. S. aureus was detected in 19 farms (63,3%). The ability to synthetise enterotoxins was found in ten strains (52,6%). Production of staphylococcal enterotoxins C (SEC) was recorded in 6 (60%) and production of SEC together with staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) in 4 (40%) staphylococcal isolates. Raw milk products are vulnerable to contamination by S. aureus. Strategies to reduce the occurrence of S. aureus in bulk milk are of particular importance on farms where milk is used for raw milk products.

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ENTEROTOXIGENIC STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN SHEEP RAW MILK. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 8 [cited 2026 May 11];1(1zero):281-2. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2011.1S.281

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