Firas Sultan * ⁽¹⁾ , Darem Tabaa *⁽¹⁾ and Abd-Aziz Arwana ⁽¹⁾      

(1).Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Hama, Hama, Syria.

(*Corrsponding author: Firas Sultan. E-Mail: vet.firas83@hotmail.com).

Received: 13/06/2020                                Accepted: 23/7/2020

Abstract

This study was done to isolate and determine the prevalence of  Listeria species and especially Listeria monocytogenes of sheep meat samples from retail market in Hama city and their incidence during the seasons of the year.  120 sample sheep meat was collected randomly from retail raw sheep meat samples in Hama city distributed evenly over the seasons of the year 2017.

The results were recorded: 53 (44.1%) positive for Listeria spp., and the presence of L. monocytogenes was 6 (5%). While most species of Listeria were found L. innocua 34 (28.3%). The other isolates were L. ivanovii (1.6%), L. seeligeri (1.6%), L. grayi (4) 3.3%, L. welshimeri (3.3%), L. murrayi   1 (0.8%). The results showed that there were no significant differences between the prevalence of LIsteria spp in sheep meat during the seasons of the year.  This results suggest that possible Listeriosis infection among meat consumers.

Keyword: Listeria, monocytogenes, sheep meat ,Hama.

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