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Phenotypic Characterization of Clostridium Species in Sheep Meat

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology

Abstract

The existence of Clostridium species in sheep meat has a public health importance. The current preliminary study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of various Clostridium speciesin sheep meat. Thirty meat samples were randomly collected from butcher's markets at Ismailia province. The collected samples were subjected to the bacteriological examination; moreover, the enumeration of anaerobic count was performed. The total count of anaerobes was 6x103C.F.U./ g; in addition, the prevalence of C. bifermentans, C. sporogens, C. subterminal, and C. perfringens was10%, 43.3%, 30%, 30% sheep meat samples, respectively.  C. perfringens is considered one of the main spoilage organisms of meat leading to contaminations of great amount of decomposed meat, which ending with economic losses; bad hygienic conditions in slaughterhouses are the main cause for meat contamination with Clostridium species, since the gastrointestinal tract of slaughtered animals is their natural habitat, the abattoir processing represent a great source for meat surface contamination by these pathogens.

DOI

10.21608/scvmj.2020.108963

Keywords

C. bifermentans, C. sporogens, C. subterminal, C. perfringens, Sheep meat

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Ezzat

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University

Email

mezzat05@yahoo.com

City

Sharkia

Orcid

0000-0001-8273-2747

First Name

Islam

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Animal Health Research Institute, Dokki, Giza

Email

islamshereef@yahoo.com

City

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Orcid

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First Name

Islam

Last Name

khalifa

MiddleName

mohamed

Affiliation

Veterinarian, Salhia, Sharkia

Email

ekhalifa84@gmail.com

City

ismailia

Orcid

-

Volume

25

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

15549

Issue Date

2020-06-01

Receive Date

2020-08-21

Publish Date

2020-06-01

Page Start

183

Page End

192

Print ISSN

1110-6298

Online ISSN

2682-3284

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https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_108963.html

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Original Article

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992

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal. SCVMJ

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https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Phenotypic Characterization of Clostridium Species in Sheep Meat

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Created At

22 Jan 2023