Prevalence of Listeria spp. in freshwater T\s\v(Oncorhynchus my kiss and Carassius gibelio) and the environment offish markets in Northern Greece

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Published: Nov 13, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.14868
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Listeria spp. fresh water fish fish markets environment
Th. PAPADOPOULOS (Θ. ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ)
Veterinary Centre of Amynteo
A. ABRAHIM
Laboratory of Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin, Department of Hygiene and Technology of Foods of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
D. SERGELIDIS (Δ. ΣΕΡΓΚΕΛΙΔΗΣ)
Laboratory of Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin; Department of Hygiene and Technology of Foods of Animal Origin;Faculty of Veterinary Medicine;Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
I. KIRKOUDIS (Ι. ΚΥΡΚΟΥΔΗΣ)
Laboratory of Ecology-Wildlife Management, Department of Forestry and Environmental Management and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace
K. BITCHAVA (Κ. ΜΠΙΤΧΑΒΑ)
Laboratory of Ichthyology & Fish Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly
Abstract

In this study, a total of 405 samples from freshwater fish, personnel and environment were collected from retail fish markets in three cities in Northern Greece and they were examined for the presence of Listeria spp. They consisted of 136 samples from the skin and 136 from the flesh of 71 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and 65 gibel carps (Carassius gibelio), 20 from workers' hands, 27 from workers' knives, 22 from working surfaces, 29 from wooden boxes, 15 from plastic boxes, 18 from floor surfaces and 2 from drainage lids. Listeria spp. was isolated from 10.62% of the samples, L. monocytogenes were 0.99%, 4.69% L. seeligeri and 4.94% L. innocua, respectively. L. monocytogenes was isolated from 3.54% of the environmental samples and none from fresh water fish and workers hands' samples. Listeria spp. was isolated from 1.54% of gibel carp flesh (1.54% L. seeligeri), from 18.46% of gibel carp skin (10.77% L. seeligeri and 7.69% L. innocua) and from 8.45% from rainbow trout skin samples (1.41% L. seeligeri and 7.04% L. innocua). The higher rate of isolation of Listeria spp. from the environmental samples emphasises the importance of sanitary conditions in order to reduce the risk of contamination by L. monocytogenes at the retail level.

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