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an epidemiological study of listeriosis in dairy cattle

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L. denitrific<strong>an</strong>s from the genus. After serological studies <strong>an</strong>d other related taxonomic<br />

works L. murrayi <strong>an</strong>d L. grayi were kept with<strong>in</strong> the genus (Rocourt <strong>an</strong>d others 1987,<br />

Farber <strong>an</strong>d Peterk<strong>in</strong>s 1991).<br />

At the present time, the genus Listeria has seven species which are L.<br />

monocytogenes, L. iv<strong>an</strong>ovii, L. seeligeri, L. <strong>in</strong>nocua, L. welshimeri, L. murrayi <strong>an</strong>d L.<br />

grayi. Although Listeria monocytogenes is widely considered to be the only pathogen<br />

<strong>of</strong> people <strong>an</strong>d <strong>an</strong>imals, L. iv<strong>an</strong>ovii has been associated with abortion <strong>in</strong> sheep <strong>an</strong>d rarely<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>cattle</strong> (Alex<strong>an</strong>der <strong>an</strong>d others 1992), L. seeligeri has been isolated from cases <strong>of</strong><br />

encephalitis <strong>in</strong> people <strong>an</strong>d L. <strong>in</strong>nocua has been implicated <strong>in</strong> some encephalitic cases<br />

both naturally <strong>an</strong>d experimentally <strong>in</strong> rum<strong>in</strong><strong>an</strong>ts (Walker <strong>an</strong>d others 1994). The other<br />

species are believed to be non pathogenic (McLauchl<strong>in</strong> 1987).<br />

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