Entrance into the Dairy Chain: Tracking from Dairy Cow to Cheese.

is one of the most important contagious mastitis pathogens in dairy cattle. Due to its zoonotic potential, control of is not only of great economic importance in the dairy industry but also a significant public health concern. The aim of this study was to decipher the potential of bovine udder associated as reservoir for contamination in dairy production and processing.

Red deer as maintenance host for bovine tuberculosis, Alpine region.

To estimate the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in the Alpine region, we studied the epidemiology of Mycobacterium caprae in wildlife during the 2009-2012 hunting seasons. Free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) were a maintenance host in a hot-spot area, mainly located in Austria.

Staphylococcus aureus reservoirs during traditional Austrian raw milk cheese production.

Sampling approaches following the dairy chain, including microbiological hygiene status of critical processing steps and physicochemical parameters, contribute to our understanding of how Staphylococcus aureus contamination risks can be minimised. Such a sampling approach was adopted in this study, together with rapid culture-independent quantification of Staph. aureus to supplement standard microbiological methods.