ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

N. Costanzo1 , E. Sarno2 and A.M.L. Santoro2
1Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Catanzaro, Viale Europa Germaneto,
88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
2Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli Alimenti, Università di Napoli,
Via F. Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2014;8(2):1153-1156
© The Author(s). 2014
Received: 11/06/2013 | Accepted: 16/08/2013 | Published: 31/04/2014
Abstract

To obtain microbiological data from ostrich carcasses at slaughter, a total of 130 samples were collected using the double wet/dry swab technique from the thigh and rib site of 65 carcasses. Total bacterial count (TBC) and Enterobacteriaceae were detected at level of 1.35 Log CFU/cm2 in the thigh site and 1.62 Log CFU/cm 2 in the rib site and 0.57 Log CFU/cm2 in the thigh site and 0.53 Log CFU/ cm2 in the rib site, respectively. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated in one rib sample (0.8%). Salmonella derby was isolated in two thigh site samples and one rib site sample (2.3%).

Keywords

Campylobacter, Carcasses, Enterobacteriaceae, Ostrich,  Salmonella, Total bacterial count

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