@article{jfnr2016474,
author={{Moura, Greika Ferreira and Sigarini, Cleise de Oliveira and Figueiredo, Eduardo Eustš¢quio de Souza},
title={<i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> in Chicken Meat},
journal={Journal of Food and Nutrition Research},
volume={4},
number={7},
pages={436--441},
year={2016},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfnr/4/7/4},
issn={2333-1240},
abstract={<i>Listeria monocytogenes </i>is the causative agent of listeriosis, an infection that gives rise to bacteremia and meningitis that can be propagated to humans via food contamination. The chicken-meat and derivatives processing industries are common sites of this pathogen, and the great challenge is in controlling this hazard to avoid economic and public health losses. A literature review on <i>L. monocytogenes</i> and implications to the chicken supply chain, poultry slaughterhouses, and public health was conducted. The review was compiled with the main papers published around the world in the last 15 years containing the key words <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i>, <i>poultry</i>, <i>meat</i>, <i>chicken</i>, <i>broilers</i>, and <i>listeriosis</i>, using the main publishers of online journals. The collected information was discussed and it was concluded that poultry can be asymptomatic carriers of <i>L. monocytogenes </i>and introduce contamination in slaughterhouses, which can become a persistent problem in poultry slaughterhouses due to its capacity to form biofilms on many different materials, causing cross-contamination in chicken meat and its derivatives. Carcasses, cuts, or giblets of chilled or frozen chicken <i>in natura </i>are sources of contamination by <i>L. monocytogenes</i> and can transmit listeriosis to humans.},
doi={10.12691/jfnr-4-7-4}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}