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Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia.

The occurrence of Arcobacter was determined in chicken meat parts (thighs, wings, breasts) purchased from various wet markets (fresh warm meat) and supermarkets (chilled meat) in Selangor, Malaysia. Forty eight of the 123 (39%) of chicken meat parts was Arcobacter-positive with Arcobacter butzleri a...

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Main Authors: Amare, L.B., Abdul Aziz, Saleha, Zakaria, Zunita, Abu, Jalila, Hassan, Latiffah
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Published: Elsevier 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16327/1/Prevalence%20of%20Acrobacter%20spp%20on%20chicken%20meat%20at%20retail%20markets%20and%20in%20farm%20chickens%20in%20Selangor.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:16327 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16327/ Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia. Amare, L.B. Abdul Aziz, Saleha Zakaria, Zunita Abu, Jalila Hassan, Latiffah The occurrence of Arcobacter was determined in chicken meat parts (thighs, wings, breasts) purchased from various wet markets (fresh warm meat) and supermarkets (chilled meat) in Selangor, Malaysia. Forty eight of the 123 (39%) of chicken meat parts was Arcobacter-positive with Arcobacter butzleri as the only species isolated. The fresh warm meat (41%) showed higher occurrence of arcobacters than those chilled (37%), however the difference was not statistically significant (χ2 = 0.2; p = 0.655). A farm-level study was also conducted in broiler chickens from six farms but the bacteria were not detected in any of the 210 cloacal swabs collected. Thus, the presence of arcobacters on chicken meat retailed in markets may render such meat a significant public health risk for humans. Elsevier 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16327/1/Prevalence%20of%20Acrobacter%20spp%20on%20chicken%20meat%20at%20retail%20markets%20and%20in%20farm%20chickens%20in%20Selangor.pdf Amare, L.B. and Abdul Aziz, Saleha and Zakaria, Zunita and Abu, Jalila and Hassan, Latiffah (2011) Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia. Food Control, 22 (5). pp. 732-736. ISSN 0956-7135 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.11.00 English
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description The occurrence of Arcobacter was determined in chicken meat parts (thighs, wings, breasts) purchased from various wet markets (fresh warm meat) and supermarkets (chilled meat) in Selangor, Malaysia. Forty eight of the 123 (39%) of chicken meat parts was Arcobacter-positive with Arcobacter butzleri as the only species isolated. The fresh warm meat (41%) showed higher occurrence of arcobacters than those chilled (37%), however the difference was not statistically significant (χ2 = 0.2; p = 0.655). A farm-level study was also conducted in broiler chickens from six farms but the bacteria were not detected in any of the 210 cloacal swabs collected. Thus, the presence of arcobacters on chicken meat retailed in markets may render such meat a significant public health risk for humans.
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author Amare, L.B.
Abdul Aziz, Saleha
Zakaria, Zunita
Abu, Jalila
Hassan, Latiffah
spellingShingle Amare, L.B.
Abdul Aziz, Saleha
Zakaria, Zunita
Abu, Jalila
Hassan, Latiffah
Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia.
author_facet Amare, L.B.
Abdul Aziz, Saleha
Zakaria, Zunita
Abu, Jalila
Hassan, Latiffah
author_sort Amare, L.B.
title Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia.
title_short Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia.
title_full Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia.
title_fullStr Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in Selangor, Malaysia.
title_sort prevalence of acrobacter spp on chicken meat at retail markets and in farm chickens in selangor, malaysia.
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16327/1/Prevalence%20of%20Acrobacter%20spp%20on%20chicken%20meat%20at%20retail%20markets%20and%20in%20farm%20chickens%20in%20Selangor.pdf
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