Incidence of Listeria in fish and shellfish
Incidence of Listeria in fish and shellfish
Date
2008
Authors
Prasad, M.M.
Thampuran, N.
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), Cochin
Abstract
Listeria IIIOIIOCIJIOSCIII!S has been recogn ized as an important food-borne pathogen since 1981 and scafo<1ds have been implicated in several sporadic cases of Listeriosis. In the present study f resh (57), iced (49) and frozen (84) fish and shell fish from cultured ponds and commercia l ou tlets were screened for Listeriae. A mong the sa mples of f resh cul tured fish,1.8% conta ined Listeria imwwa. The iced Penneus iurlicus (I'UD) and Penaeus mouodo11 con tained 20% l.isleria spp., comprising L. iuuown and L. ivauovii. Listerin spp. were detected in 14.28% of the frozen fish samples also. Lislcrin mOIIOCIJIOgeues could not be detected in any of the samples.
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Keywords
Listeria spp, fish, shellfish, marine, Andhrapradesh, cold enrichment
Citation
fishery technology 2008: 45(2), 217-222