THE ROLE OF PIGS AS PHARYNGEAL CARRIERS OF HUMAN PATHOGENIC YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA STRAINS
From March 2007 to January 2008, a total of 170 pigs at slaughter were tested for 4 post backdrop stand Y.enterocolitica contamination in tonsils tissue.The animals came from 125 different farms located in four regions of Northern Italy.Y.enterocolitica was isolated from 19 out of 170 (11.2%) tonsils samples.The prevalent bio-serotype (68.4%) was 4