Assessment of bacterial contamination of beef in slaughterhouses in Owerri zone, Imo state, Nigeria

Autor: Chibuzo S Nwankwo, Sally Nkechinyere Onyeka Ibe, Chinasa O Amadi, C. R. Nwufo, Nnenna E Uzoigwe, Obinna G. Udujih
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Scientific African, Vol 12, Iss, Pp e00769-(2021)
ISSN: 2468-2276
DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00769
Popis: Bacterial contamination of beef in three abattoirs in the Owerri zone, Imo state Nigeria was assessed for 10 weeks. Experimental design and simple random sampling techniques were adopted in this study. A total of 300 samples (different portions of meat nn = 180 and meats contact surfaces n = 120) were collected in the selected abattoirs. The mean total viable and coliform floor counts (3.29 × 109 and 3.78 × 105 cfu/cm2), hand (3.85 × 108 and 8.68 × 103 cfu/cm2) and table (3.85 × 1010 and 2.67 × 106 cfu/cm2) of Afor-ogbe were significantly (p
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