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Bacteriological profile of some raw chicken meat cuts in Ismailia city, Egypt

BENHA VETERINARY MEDICAL JOURNAL • 2020
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Authors Sayed Abo elela Afify email ; Fahim Aziz eldin Shaltoutorcid ; Islam Zakaria Mohammed
Keywords Chicken meat; Breast; Thigh; Bacteriological aspect
Journal BENHA VETERINARY MEDICAL JOURNAL
Publisher 11-15
Volume 39
Issue 1
Pages Not Available
publication.type Local
Paper Link Open Link
Supplementary Materials Fahim Aziz Eldin Mohamed Shaltout_BVMJ_Volume 39_Issue 1_Pages 11-15.pdf
Abstract
One hundred random samples of raw chicken meat cuts represented by breast and thigh (50 of each) were collected from an automatic poultry slaughtering plant in Ismailia city, Egypt. The samples were examined to investigate their bacteriological aspect, where the mean values of aerobic plate count and Enterobacteriacae were 5.9x105 and 5.1x104 CFU/g for breast samples and 7.1x105 and 6.1x104 CFU/g while for thigh samples as well as the incidence of Enterobacteriacae contaminated the breast and thigh samples were 42 and 54%, respectively. Moreover, S. aureus, Salmonellae, E. coli, Enterobacter spp., Proteus spp., Shigella spp. and C. perfringens were detected in 10, 14, 12, 4, 2, 2 and 16% of the examined breast samples, respectively. Referring to thigh samples, S. aureus, Salmonellae, E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Enterobacter spp., Proteus spp., and C. perfringens were detected in 4, 8, 18, 4, 2, 2 and 10%, respectively. The obtained results indicated that the raw chicken meat cuts may harbor many food poisoning bacteria from different sources, which strongly recommends following strict hygienic measures through slaughtering, handling and cooking processes.