Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
In this study chicken body parts (leg, neck, wing, breast) and samples of water for washing carcasses, obtained from a slaughterhouse in Elazığ, were investigated in terms of listeria species. 20 samples were examined from each body part and carcass the water. L. monocytogenes, L. innocua and L. welshimeri were determined in 2, 7 and 4 leg samples; in 1, 3 and 5 wing samples and in 2, 5 and 4 water samples respectively. Only L. innocua was observed in 3 breast samples. L. monocytogenes and L. innocua were found in 3 and 2 leg samples respectively. In conclusion, it can be emphasized that the hygiene in the slaughterhouse was not adequate and that the personnel concerned with hygiene have to be educated.
Keywords
Listeria spp., chicken, water
First Page
305
Last Page
308
Recommended Citation
ARSLAN, ALİ; GÖNÜLALAN, ZAFER; DİNÇOĞLU, AHMET H.; and KÖK, FİLİZ (1999) "Investigation of Listeria Species in Chicken Body Parts and Samples of Water Used for Washing Carcasses," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 23: No. 8, Article 13. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol23/iss8/13
