Table 1.

Description of the 20 L. monocytogenes isolates obtained from animal clinical cases

ID	Source	Yr isolated, location	Serotype	EC	AscI pulsotype	ApaI pulsotype	Combined profile	MVLST VT
01	Bovine	2005, Lombardy	4b	ECI	S1	A3	P1	20
02	Bovine	2005, Lombardy	1/2b	—a	Uniqueb	A2	Unique	78
03	Bovine	2007, Piedmont	4e	—	S4	A4	P4	75
04	Caprine	2009, Piedmont	1/2a	—	S5	Unique	Unique	76
05	Ovine	2001, Aosta Valley	4b	ECI	S1	Unique	Unique	20
06	Bovine	2001, Piedmont	4b	ECI	S1	A3	P1	20
07	Bovine	2001, Piedmont	4b	ECI	S2	A2	P2	20
08	Bovine	2001, Lombardy	4b	ECI	S2	A2	P2	20
09	Bovine	2002, Lazio	4e	ECI	S3	A1	P3	20
10	Bovine	2002, Piedmont	4b	ECI	S2	A2	P2	20
11	Bovine	2002, Emilia Romagna	4b	—	Unique	A4	Unique	75
12	Bovine	2003, Veneto	4b	ECI	S3	A1	P3	20
13	Bovine	2009, Piedmont	4e	ECI	Unique	Unique	Unique	20
14	Ovine	2010, Piedmont	4b	—	S4	A4	P4	75
15	Bovine	2010, Piedmont	4b	ECI	S3	A1	P3	20
16	Ovine	2009, Piedmont	1/2b	—	Unique	Unique	Unique	08
17	Ovine	1999, Aosta Valley	4b	ECI	S1	Unique	Unique	20
18	Caprine	2000, Piedmont	4b	ECI	S3	A1	P3	20
19	Ovine	2002, Liguria	1/2a	—	S5	Unique	Unique	76
20	Caprine	2011, Piedmont	1/2a	—	Unique	Unique	Unique	77

^a—, not an epidemic clone.

^bUnique pulsotype not similar to any other observed in the database.