OCCURRENCE OF SOME PATHOGENIC BACTERIA ON THE SHEEP CARCASSES

Document Type : Original Article

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1 B.V. Sc. Fac. of Vet. Med., Kafrelsheikh Univ., Egypt

2 Food Control Dep., Fac. of Vet. Med., Kafrelsheikh Univ., Egypt.

Abstract

A total of 150 swabs were collected from El-Mahala El-Kobra abattoir, in El-Gharbia Governorate (Egypt) as follow; (50 from the outer surface of sheep carcasses after skinning, 50 from the inner surface of the same carcasses after evisceration and 50 from workers' hands). The samples were examined bacteriologically for staphylococci, coliforms and enterococci with percentages (96, 100 and 98%), (50, 76 and 72%)and (40, 60 and 68%) for positive samples, respectively.

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