Foodborne salmonellosis often follows consumption of contaminated animal products, which usually results from infected animals used in food production or from contamination of the carcasses or edible organs [2, 3]. Salmonella infection in meat animals, including cattle, swine and sheep, arises from intensive rearing practices and the use of contaminated feeds [8]. Cross-contamination of carcass...

At temperatures required for complete release of calcium from beef liver by dry ashing, porcelain crucibles release significant amounts of calcium into the ash, which leads to erroneously high calcium values in the samples. Heated, empty porcelain crucibles do not show released calcium. Both fused silica and platinum crucibles fail to show any significant interaction with the sample. Samples dr...

the objective of this study was the evaluation of ph, color parameters [lightness (l*), redness (a*), yellowness (b*), chroma (c*), hue (h*), a*/b* ratio, and color differences (δe)], mb, metmb, oxymb, deomb and whc in minced meat. three types of meat ( beef, camel and ostrich) and four mincing processes (three using a grinder with 7.5, 4 and 3 mm diameter holes in the plate, and a fourth in wh...

background & aims of the study: sarcocystiosis is a zoonosis appeared in domestic animals caused by various species of sarcocystis. this protozoan disease has worldwide distribution among human and many species of animals. humans acquire infection by eating of raw and under cooked beef, pork or mincemeat containing schizonts of sarcocystis hominis and s. suihominis. the aim of present study is ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Sarcocystiosis is a zoonosis appeared in domestic animals caused by various species of Sarcocystis. This protozoan disease has worldwide distribution among human and many species of animals. Humans acquire infection by eating of raw and under cooked beef, pork or mincemeat containing schizonts of Sarcocystis hominis and S. suihominis. The aim of present study is ...

Fresh beef and meat products have been implicated in outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) worldwide. This study investigated the prevalence E. O157: H7 non-O157 STEC serogroups fresh open market street vended (n = 180) Lagos metropolis, Nigeria. A combination culture media immunomagnetic separation followed by typing for associated virulence factors serotypes was performed...