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Evaluation of the susceptibility of Prototheca zopfii to milk pasteurization

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Protothecosis has been reported in humans (gastroenteritis, bursitis, etc.) and in many other animal species. Bovine mastitis represents the main form of occurrence of protothecosis in cattle. Milk as well as dairy products, when contaminated with Prototheca spp., represent a potential means of transmission of this zoonosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility of forty Prototheca zopfii strains isolated from milk from intramammary infections in dairy cows and also from bulk milk tanks of dairy farms, to the different ratios of temperature/time employed in the thermal treatment of milk: 72–75 °C/1 5 seconds, 72–75 °C/20 seconds and 62–65 °C/30 minutes. The samples were subjected to these different temperature/time ratios. The evaluation of the thermal susceptibility of the P. zopfii strains showed that 34 strains were resistant in at least one of the tests. The results point out the need to consider the importance of mastitis caused by Prototheca spp. asrepresenting a public health risk.

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  1. Núcleo de Apoio à Pesquisa em Glândula Mamária e Produção Leiteira (NAPGAMA), Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    Priscilla A. Melville, Eliana T. Watanabe, Nilson R. Benites, Andréa R. Ribeiro, Jocelina A.B. Silva, Felício Garino Jr. & Elizabeth O. Costa

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Melville, P.A., Watanabe, E.T., Benites, N.R. et al. Evaluation of the susceptibility of Prototheca zopfii to milk pasteurization. Mycopathologia 146, 79–82 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007005729711

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