Isolation of Salmonella from Chicken Cleaning Machines in Al-Najaff and Al-Hilla Provinces | ||
Magazine of Al-Kufa University for Biology | ||
Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, August 2014, Pages 154-160 | ||
Authors | ||
Hameed M; Zaitoon Abd; Alhaam Abbas | ||
Abstract | ||
Chicken meat and its derivatives are among the foodstuffs considered by environmental health authorities to present the highest risks to the public. A total of 50 samples were collected from different chicken cleaning machines, and tested for the present of Salmonella. Environmental was carried out in Kauffman’s tetrathionate broth and isolation on Salmonella – Shigella agar, Brilliant – green agar and (15 ) isolates were classified as Salmonella and this isolation pattern of contamination suggests a problem in transfer of Salmonella from chicken meat to the public. | ||
Keywords | ||
chicken meat; the foodstuffs; Salmonella | ||
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