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Pyrolysis mass spectrometry of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from sheep
J C Low1, R M Chalmers, W Donachie
1Edinburgh Veterinary Investigation Centre, Scottish Agricultural College, Penicuik, Midlothian.
Research in Veterinary Science
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
Forty-eight isolates of Listeria monocytogenes from sheep and silage, involved in five small outbreaks of listeriosis, were compared by pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PyMS). The method clustered isolates from single animals, and showed that epidemiologically associated isolates were closely related to each other. PyMS is a simple technique capable of analysing large numbers of samples daily, and its application in veterinary studies should help to elucidate the epidemiology of listeriosis.