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Monitoring Salmonella contamination in imported horses and meat through Cairo International Airport

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Food safety / meat quality

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Quarantine against Salmonella through Cairo International Airport was assessed from July 2014 through July 2015 and from January 2014 through July 2015 for imported horses and meat; respectively. The samples included the fecal samples of imported horses (n=90), imported chilled meat (n=67), and Imported frozen meat (n=63).imported horses from Belgium, England, Germany, France, Emirates, and Kuwait free from Salmonella. Although 1.5% of the imported chilled meat was positive for Salmonella. The most prevalent serotype isolated was S. Kentucky, imported from Australia in the summer of 2014, while 6.4% of the imported frozen meat was positive for Salmonella; the most prevalent serotypes isolated were S. Infantis, S. Hafnia, S.Typhimurium and §. Newport was imported in winter 2014, summer 2014 (South Africa), winter 2015 (Australia) and summer 2014 (U.S.A) respectively. Prevalence rate of Salmonella was higher (60%) in summer season and decreased in winter (40%) but lower in autumn (20%), with absence in spring. S. Typhimurium was sensitive to Florfenicol, Gentamycin, and Streptomycin.

DOI

10.21608/vmjg.2015.371199

Keywords

imported horse, Cairo Airport, imported meat, Salmonella

Authors

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Elkamshishy

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Mohamed Morsy

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General Organization for Export and Import Control, Cairo Airport

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First Name

Nasr

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ShimaaA bou El-Soud

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Veterinary Hygiene, Facult. of Vet. Med., Cairo University

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First Name

AbdEl-Aziz

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Soad

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Poult. Dis., Animal Health Res. Institute, Dokki, Giza

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First Name

Moubarak

Last Name

Sherif Tawfik

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Affiliation

Veterinary Hygiene, Facult. of Vet. Med., Cairo University

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El-A grab

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Hassan Mostafa

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Veterinary Hygiene, Facult. of Vet. Med., Cairo University

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Volume

61

Article Issue

3

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49415

Issue Date

2015-07-01

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2024-08-01

Publish Date

2015-07-01

Page Start

7

Page End

12

Print ISSN

1110-1423

Online ISSN

2537-1045

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VMJG_Volume 61_Issue 3_Pages 7-12.pdf

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Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza)

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Monitoring Salmonella contamination in imported horses and meat through Cairo International Airport

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23 Dec 2024