title: Prevalence and distribution of Arcobacter spp. in raw milk and retail raw beef.
abstract: A total of 106 beef samples which consisted of local (n = 59) and imported (n = 47) beef and 180 milk samples from cows (n = 86) and goats (n = 94) were collected from Selangor, Malaysia. Overall, 30.2% (32 of 106) of beef samples were found positive for  Arcobacter species. Imported beef was significantly more contaminated (46.80%) than local beef (16.9%). Arcobacter butzleri was the species isolated most frequently from imported (81.8%) and local (60%) beef, followed by Arcobacter cryaerophilus in local (33.3%) and imported  (18.2%) beef samples. Only one local beef sample (10%) yielded Arcobacter skirrowii. Arcobacter species were detected from cow's milk (5.8%), with A. butzleri as the dominant species (60%), followed by A. cryaerophilus (40%), whereas none of the goat's milk samples  were found positive for Arcobacter. This is the first report of the detection of Arcobacter in milk and beef in Malaysia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. vetdr_atta@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Saleha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murugaiyah
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zunita
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Memon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020640:Arcobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002417:Cattle; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013045:Species Specificity