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AIVI - December 2008 - Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2008.1055

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 IN WITHE VEAL CALVES CARCASSES

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Received: 8 February 2013
Published: 19 December 2008
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Escherichia coli O157, white veal calves, carcass.

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G Colavita
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari Ambientali e Microbiologiche – Università del Molise - Campobasso, .
M. Paoletti
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari Ambientali e Microbiologiche – Università del Molise - Campobasso, .
M Conter
Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Biotecnologie Veterinarie, Sicurezza e Qualità degli Alimenti - Università di Parma., .
V. D’Orio
Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti - Università degli Studi di Teramo., .
During 2006 one hundred and three white veal calves slaughtered at an abattoir in Isernia (Italy) were examined for E. coli O157 intestinal carriage and carcass contamination, using Immuno-Magnetic Separation (IMS) and multiplex PCR. Faecal material before slaughtering and carcass samples, using sponge-bag, were collected. E. coli O157 isolates were found in 10 (9,71%) faecal and 9 (8,7%) carcass samples. PCR analysis showed that all the strains from faecal and from carcass samples carried eaeA, hlyA and stx2 genes, while five strains stx1 gene. The results confirm that the slaughter practices can largely influence the rate of E. coli O157 carcasses contamination and suggest that white veal calves meat could be an important risk for human health.

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ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 IN WITHE VEAL CALVES CARCASSES. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2008 Dec. 19 [cited 2026 Sep. 9];1(2):53-6. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2008.2.53

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