Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in powdered infant milk: F57 competitive real time PCR

K. Hruska, I. Slana, P. Kralik and I. Pavlik
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K. Hruska: Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
I. Slana: Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
P. Kralik: Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
I. Pavlik: Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic

Veterinární medicína, 2011, vol. 56, issue 5, 226-230

Abstract: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in concentrations from 48 to 32 500 cells per gram of powdered infant milk were found in 18 out of 51 investigated samples (35%) in this study. More than 10 000 cells per gram were present in four samples (7.8%). Such concentrations mean that one package of milk contains 5 million MAP cells, which are ingested by a bottle-fed baby over the course of several days. Premature babies and bottle-fed newborns can be affected by pro-inflammatory triggers from a huge number of mycobacteria despite not suffering from infection with bacteria or viruses often linked with the etiology of Crohn's disease.

Keywords: Crohn's disease; public health; food safety; environmental risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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