SURVIVAL OF SALMONELLA INFANTIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ON SMOKED BROILER HALVES.

Author(s) : HOOSHYAR P., OBLINGER J. L., JANKY D. M.

Type of article: Article

Summary

EFFECTS OF STORAGE AT 278 AND 255 K (5 AND -18 DEG C) FOR UP TO 28 DAYS AND HIGH AND LOW INOCULATION LEVELS ON SURVIVAL OF SALMONELLA INFANTIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ON SMOKED BROILER HALVES WERE INVESTIGATED. S. INFANTIS AND STAPH. AUREUS COUNTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DURING STORAGE. THE REDUCTION IN COUNTS OF S. INFANTIS COULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED SOLELY TO EITHER TEMPERATURE OR INOCULATION LEVELS. STORAGE AT 278 K SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED STAPH. AUREUS COUNTS ON SMOKED BROILER HALVES AS COMPARED TO STORAGE AT 255 K. FOR STAPH. AUREUS, LOW INOCULATION LEVELS (1,000 TO 10,000 ORGANISMS/ ML) RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER MORTALITY RATES THAN DID HIGH INOCULATION LEVELS (10 MILLION TO 100 MILLION ORGANISMS/ML). AT BOTH STORAGE CONDITIONS AND INOCULATION LEVELS, STAPH. AUREUS WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN HIGHER POPULATIONS THAN S. INFANTIS.

Details

  • Original title: SURVIVAL OF SALMONELLA INFANTIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ON SMOKED BROILER HALVES.
  • Record ID : 1982-2005
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Br. Poult. Sci. - vol. 61 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1982
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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