Prevalence and quantification of Listeria monocytogenes in chicken offal at the retail level in Malaysia

Autor: Y. L. Lye, W. S. Chang, S. Puspanadan, Nor Ainy Mahyudin, Yuet Ying Loo, C. H. Kuan, Son Radu, S. G. Goh, Yoshitsugu Nakaguchi, John Yew Huat Tang, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Poultry science. 92(6)
ISSN: 0032-5791
Popis: A total of 216 chicken offal samples (chicken liver = 72; chicken heart = 72; chicken gizzard = 72) from wet markets and hypermarkets in Selangor, Malaysia, were examined for the presence and density of Listeria monocytogenes by using a combination of the most probable number and PCR method. The prevalence of L. monocytogenes in 216 chicken offal samples examined was 26.39%, and among the positive samples, the chicken gizzard showed the highest percentage at 33.33% compared with chicken liver (25.00%) and chicken heart (20.83%). The microbial load of L. monocytogenes in chicken offal samples ranged from
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