ENTEROBACTERIACEAE AMONG SLAUGHTERED CAMELS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SALMONELLAE

Document Type : Original Article

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Cairo Univ. Fac. of Vet. Medicine Food Control Department.

Abstract

A total of 400  samples  from muscles,  liver,  mesentric tymph  nodes  and  faeces,  were collected  from 100  carca-
sses  of camel  slaughtered  at  Cairo abattoir and examined  bacteriologically  for  the presence of Enterobacteriaceae. Escherichia  coli was  of  the highest  incidence (51.05%), followed by Proteus morganii (17.57%),  Edwardsiella tarda and klebsiella pneumonia (6.28% of each),  Shigella bodyii (5.45%),  Arizona (4.61%),  Proteus rettgeri and  profeus vulgaris (2.94% of each),  klebsiella oxytoca (1.68%)  and  Salmonella  typhimurium (1.26%). Public  health significance of  the  isolated microorganisms  have been discussed.  Recommended measures  for attaintment fresh meat of good microbiological quality have been mentioned.

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