Listeriosis: encephalitis in domestic animals

Authors

  • Luciano Bastos Lopes

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Keywords:

listeriosis, zoonosis, encephalitis 

Abstract

Listeriosis in domestic animals can induce a series of clinical disorders, being cases of encephalitis the most common among the species. Besides being a zoonosis, listeriosis it causes direct losses in consequence of death of animals or their sacrifice, expenses with medicines, decrease of the production and sporadic cases of abortions. The Listeria monocytogenes has been isolated of different such products of animal origin as raw milk, bovine meat, swine, poultry, fish, processed meat and vegetables.  

Published

2015-09-14

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária