Dr. M.N. BrahmbhattSONAR SANDIP SUDHAKAR2017-07-042017-07-042010http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810024264The aim of the present study was to isolate, identify and characterize Listeria spp. from milk and milk products sold at and around Anand city, Gujarat State. A total of 237 samples comprising 147 raw milk (68 Cow milk and 79 buffalo milk), 38 pasteurized milk, and 52 milk products (12 Curd, 11 Ice cream, 12 Butter milk, 9 Lassi, 8 Cheese) samples were collected aseptically from various organized (branded) as well as unorganized (unbranded) sectors supplying milk and milk products to consumers at and around Anand city and subjected to two-step enrichment in University of Vermont broth and Frasers broth , followed by plating on three selective media viz. PALCAM, LPM agar and Oxford media. The presumptive isolates were identified at genus and species level by the battery of biochemical tests. These isolates were further subjected to in vitro pathogenicity (hemolysis on sheep blood agar, CAMP test and Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipaseenVeterinary Public HealthStudyThesis