Bacteria isolated from 25 hydatid cysts in sheep, cattle and goats

Vet Rec. 2009 Aug 22;165(8):234-6. doi: 10.1136/vr.165.8.234.

Abstract

Bacteria were isolated from 12 of 25 hydatid cysts collected from the lungs and livers of cattle, sheep and goats slaughtered in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy. Citrobacter freundii was isolated from seven of the cysts, Aeromonas hydrophila from three, Staphylococcus species from two, Salmonella species from two and Escherichia coli and Proteus vulgaris from one.

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas hydrophila / isolation & purification
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology
  • Cattle Diseases / parasitology
  • Citrobacter freundii / isolation & purification
  • Consumer Product Safety
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / microbiology
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / parasitology
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / veterinary*
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / parasitology
  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / veterinary*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Food Contamination / prevention & control
  • Food Microbiology
  • Food Parasitology
  • Goat Diseases / microbiology
  • Goat Diseases / parasitology
  • Goats
  • Humans
  • Meat / microbiology
  • Meat / parasitology
  • Meat / standards*
  • Proteus vulgaris / isolation & purification
  • Public Health
  • Risk Assessment
  • Salmonella / isolation & purification
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / microbiology
  • Sheep Diseases / parasitology
  • Staphylococcus / isolation & purification