2005

Blanco, M., Schumacher, S., Tasara, T., Zweifel, C., Blanco, J.E., Dahbi, G., Blanco, J., Stephan, R. (2005). Serotypes, intimin variants and other virulence factors of eae positive Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy cattle in Switzerland . Identification of a new intimin variant gene (eae-eta2).
BMC Microbiology, 5:23.

Ledergerber, U., Regula, G., Stephan, R., Danuser, J., Stärk, K.D.C. (2005). Aufbau eines Monitoringprogramms für Antibiotikaresistenz in der Schweizer Nutztierproduktion. Berliner Münchner Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 118, 423-429.

Lehner, A., Tasara, T., Stephan, R. (2005). Relevant aspects of Arcobacter spp. as potential foodborne pathogens.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 102, 127-135.

Lehner, A., Loy, A., Behr, T., Gaenge, H., Ludwig, W., Wagner, M., Schleifer, K.H. (2005). Oligonucleotide microarray for identification of Enterococcus species in food samples .
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 246, 133-142.

Lehner, A., Riedel, K., Eberl, L., Breeuwer, P., Diep, B., Stephan, R. (2005). Biofilm formation, EPS production and cell to cell signalling in various Enterobacter sakazakii strains: aspects promoting environmental persistence.
Journal of Food Protection 68, 2287-2294.

Loy, A., Schulz, C., Lücker, S., Schöpfer-Wendels, A., Stoecker, K., Baranyi, C., Lehner, A., Wagner, M. (2005). 16S rRNA gene-based oligonucleotide microarray for environmental monitoring of the Betaproteobacterial order „ Rhodocyclales “.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71, 1373-1386.

Regula, G., Lo Fo Wong, D.M.A., Ledergerber, U., Stephan, R., Danuser, J., Bissig-Choisat, B., Stärk, K.D.C.(2005). Evaluation of an antimicrobial resistance monitoring program for campylobacter in poultry by simulation.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine 70, 29-43.

Ring, M., Zychowska, M.A., Stephan, R. (2005). Dynamics of Campylobacter spp. spread investigated in 14 broiler flocks in Switzerland .
Avian Diseases 49, 390-396.

Schalch, B., Alavi, R., Albert, T., Becker, B., Busch, U., Krumbholu, L., Lohneis, M., Sabrowski, A., Stephan, R., Schoen, R., Zychowska, M.A. (2005). Nachweis von Listeria monocytogenes mit dem schnellen VIT-Gensondentest. Fleischwirtschaft 10, 113-115.

Schmid, M.W., Lehner, A., Stephan, R., Schleifer, K.H., Meier, H., (2005). Development and application of oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter in chicken faecal and liver samples. International Journal of Food Microbiology 205, 245-255.

Schuppers, M.E., Stephan, R., Ledergerber, U., Danuser, J., Bissig-Choisat, B., Stärk, K.D.C., Regula, G. (2005). Clinical herd health, farm management and antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter coli on finishing pig farms in Switzerland .
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 69, 189-202.

Tasara, T., Stephan, R. (2005). Development of f57 sequence based real-time PCR assay for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) detection in milk.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71, 5957-5968.

Tasara, T., Hoelzle, L.E., Stephan, R. (2005). Development and evaluation of a Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) specific multiplex PCR assay.
International Journal of Food Microbiology 104, 279-287.

Tasara, T., Schumacher, S., Stephan, R. (2005). Conventional and real-time PCR based approaches for molecular detection and quantitation of bovine species material in edible gelatin.
Journal of Food Protection 68, 2420-2426.

Wittwer, M., Keller, J., Wassenaar, T.M., Stephan, R., Howald, D., Regula, G., Bissig-Choisat, B., (2005). Genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance patterns in a Campylobacter population isolated on poultry farm level in Switzerland .
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71: 2840-2847.

Zweifel, C., Schumacher, S., Blanco, M., Blanco, J., Tasara, T., Blanco, J.E., Stephan, R. (2005). Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of non-O157 Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli from Swiss cattle.
Veterinary Microbiology 105, 37-45.

Zweifel, C., Baltzer, D., Stephan, R. (2005). Microbiological contamination of cattle and pig carcasses at five abattoirs determined by swab sampling in accordance with EU Decision 2001/471/EC.
Meat Science, 69 559-566.

Zweifel, C., Baltzer, D., Stephan, R. (2005). Selbstkontrolle im Schlachtbetrieb gemäss Entscheidung 2001/471/EG: Erhebung von Daten zur Festlegung einer „Baseline“ für die Anwendung der Nass-Trockentupfertechnik (NTT) bei Schlachttierkörpern von Rind und Schwein. Fleischwirtschaft 1, 100-104.

Zweifel, C., Muehlherr, J.E., Ring, M., Stephan, R. (2005). Influence of different factors in milk production on SPC of raw bulk-tank milk from small ruminants.
Small Ruminant Research 58, 63-70

Zweifel, C., Zychowska, M.A., Stephan, R. (2005). Selbstkontrolle im Zerlegereibetrieb: Erhebung von Daten zum mikrobiologischen Status von Teilstücken von Rind und Schwein beim Warenausgang. Mitteilungen aus Lebensmitteluntersuchung und Hygiene, 96, 127-140.

Stephan, R. (2005). Meat and Poultry Chapter In: Microorganisms in Foods 6: Microbial Ecology of Food Commodities, 2nd ed., International Commission on Microbiological Specifications of Foods, ISBN 0-306-48675-X.

Kaufmann, M. (2005). Fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157 and non -O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in fattening pig at slaughter in Switzerland.

Keller, S. und Räber, S. (2005). Prevalence and characteristics of Arcobacter butzleri - a potential food borne pathogen - in fecal samples, on carcasses and in retail meat of cattle, pig and poultry in Switzerlan d.

Ring, M. (2005). Betriebsspezifische Untersuchungen zur Epidemiologie von Campylobacter spp. in Schweizerischen Pouletmastbetrieben.

Rusch, M. (2005). Untersuchungen zu verschiedenen mikrobiologischen Parametern in Rohmilch und Rohmilchkäse einer Biokäsereigenossenschaft über den Zeitraum eines Jahres.