Shedding of food-borne pathogens and microbiological carcass contamination in rabbits at slaughter

Shedding of food-borne pathogens and microbiological carcass contamination in rabbits at slaughter.

To obtain microbiological data from rabbits at slaughter, 500 fecal samples and 500 carcasses samples were examined. All samples tested negative for Listeria and Salmonella. Campylobacter were detected in two fecal samples. Of the 500 fecal samples, 45.8% tested positive for eae (intimin), 1.2% for stx (Shiga toxin), and 1.8% for both eae and stx. By colony hybridization, 56 eae positive Escher...

Food-borne Pathogens

Pre-Slaughter Control of Food-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in Poultry without Antibiotics

There is growing concern with regard to the continued emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which pose a significant risk to both human and animal health. Antibiotics have been used as therapeutic agents in agriculture since the 1940 s and in subtherapeutic doses as food additives to improve feed conversion of livestock and domestic poultry since the 1950's. However, the use of antibiotic...

Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Spider Silk Pholcus Phalangioides Against Two Bacterial Pathogens in Food Borne

Objective: Due to the alarming increase the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases and increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics need to discover new strong antimicrobial compounds is feeling.Methods: In this study, the antimicrobial properties of spider silk Pholcus phalangioides produced in sterile conditions against two bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes and <em...

Food-borne Pathogens and Public Health