Pasteurization tests, using a standard pasteurizing outfit show that a temperature of 62° −63°C. (143.6° −145.4°F.) applied 3 minutes is sufficient to destroy Brucella organisms, both the bovine and porcine varieties.

What is not killed by pasteurization?

Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, and goats — or any other animal — that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria. Raw milk can carry dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, and others that cause foodborne illness, often called “food poisoning.”

Is Brucella killed by heat?

MacFadyean and Stockman 2 observed that Brucella abortus was destroyed in two hours when exposed to a temperature of 5S C. Zwick and Wedeman 3 state that it is killed in from ten to fifteen minutes at 60 C., and in five to ten minutes at 65 C.