Isolation of Salmonella from Broiler Chicken Meat of Local Markets with Reference to Food Safety

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Isolation of Salmonella from Broiler Chicken Meat of Local Markets with Reference to Food Safety

T. Arul Kumar¹ , S.Saravanan¹ and M.Sasikala²

¹Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, India.

²Department of Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, India.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2012;6(3):1501-1502

Received: 25/02/2012 | Accepted: 31/03/2012 | Published: 30/09/2012

Abstract

Salmonella, a common food-borne pathogen in human, was isolated from 15.24% of samples of broiler chicken meat collected from the local markets of the various locations at Namakkal of Tamilnadu. The isolates were confirmed by respective carbohydrate reactions and other tests. The Salmonella profile from all samples was found to be 2.30 ± 0.05. log₁₀ cfu/g, which accentuates the risk of food poisoning if food hygiene is neglected.

Keywords

Salmonella, Broiler meat, Isolation, Microbial load, Food safety

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