TY - JOUR
T1 - Survey Microbiological Analyses of Freshly Laid and Stored Domestic Poultry Eggs in Selected Poultry Farms in Sari, Mazandaran State, Iran
AU - Sepehr, Sh. AU - Amin, J.
JO - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL - 7
IS - 5
SP - 218
EP - 224
PY - 2012
DA - 2001/08/19
SN - 1815-8846
DO - rjbsci.2012.218.224
UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2012.218.224
KW - Domestic poultry eggs
KW -organisms
KW -shels
KW -yolk
KW -albumen
KW -samples
AB - Freshly laid and stored domestic fowl eggs of 7, 14 and 21
days old, respectively were microbiologically analyzed for organisms on their
shells in the chalazae, albumen and yolks. All the egg parts were analyzed by
plating on nutrient, mcconkey and sabourands dextrose media, respectively. Nine
bacterial isolates which include Salmonella sp., Escherichia coli,
Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter sp., Bacillus subtilis,
Alcaligene sp., Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
and Serratia marcescenes and five fungal genera namely; Aspergillus,
Penicillium, Cladosporium, Monilia and Rhizopus were isolated and identified
in all the samples. The bacterial load was in the range of 3.3x106-1.5x107 cfu
mL-1 with the shell having the highest and the albumen the lowest
load, respectively. Result showed presence of pathogenic microbes in the samples
analyzed and it was concluded that domestic fowl eggs should not be consumed
raw.
ER -