Table 2.
The major zoonotic enteric bacteria found in routine milk samples performed by Robert Koch Institute (2001–2015) of VZM, raw milk at creameries, bulk tank milk on conventional dairies and pasteurised milk
| VZM | Raw Creamery milk | Farm Bulk tank | Pasteurised milk | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | (Pos.) Na | % Pos. | (Pos.) Na | % Pos. | (Pos.) Na | % Pos. | (Pos.) Na | % Pos. |
| Salmonella spp. | (0) 3367 | 0.00 | (0) 1084 | 0.00 | (3) 6185 | 0.05 | (1) 12 283 | 0.01 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | (7) 2352 | 0.30 | (17) 2258 | 0.75 | (34) 4279 | 0.79 | (0) 80 | 0.00 |
| Verotoxin. E. colib | (17) 2387 | 0.71 | (82) 5433 | 1.51 | (134) 4372 | 3.06 | (3) 192 | 1.56 |
| L. monocytogenes | (30) 2999 | 1.00 | (52) 2355 | 2.21 | (104) 527 | 19.73 | (6) 10 134 | 0.06 |
| Y. enterocolitica | (8) 1189 | 0.67 | (12) 282 | 4.26 | (5) 64 | 7.81 | (1) 10 | 10.00 |
a
Pos. = the number of positive samples; N = the total number of samples analysed.
b
Verotoxin. E. coli = verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli.