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 Y.enterocolitica contamination in tonsils tissue.The animals ghost dolphin shorts came from 125 different farms located in four regions of Northern Italy.Y.enterocolitica was isolated from 19 silver condenser tumble dryer out of 170 (11.2%) tonsils samples.The prevale