The microbial condition of Scottish wild deer carcasses collected for human consumption and the hygiene risk factors associated with Escherichia coli and total coliforms contamination.
Coliforms
E. coli
Hunting hygiene
Risk factors
Wild deer
Journal
Food microbiology
ISSN: 1095-9998
Titre abrégé: Food Microbiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8601127
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
13
05
2022
revised:
27
07
2022
accepted:
28
07
2022
entrez:
10
9
2022
pubmed:
11
9
2022
medline:
14
9
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Wild deer hunting is necessary in Scotland to control deer population density, with most carcasses being processed for human consumption. As limited information is available on the microbial condition of Scottish venison, we studied the variation of total coliforms and Escherichia coli (E. coli) on 214 wild deer carcasses collected from six approved establishments. Samples were collected from the hide, body cavity and external surface of each carcass and mean values were determined following bacterial plate counts. The mean log
Identifiants
pubmed: 36088110
pii: S0740-0020(22)00126-5
doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2022.104102
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104102Informations de copyright
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