Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research

Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 13 (2), pp. 001-005, February, 2019. © International Scholars Journals 

Full Length Research Paper

Microbiological assessment of mutton intended for export from Elkadaro export slaughter house, Sudan

Ibrahim Mohammed Elhassan¹, Atif Elamin Abdelgadir²* and Abedalaziz Eltayeb Ibrahim²

¹Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Khartoum, Sudan.

²Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

Accepted 08 January, 2019

Abstract

The study is planned to evaluate the hygienic quality of mutton intended for export from Elkadaro slaughter house on basis of surface bacterial contamination. Seventy five samples were collected during five visits, 15 samples in each visit (five samples for each: slaughter hall, slaughter house chiller and the refrigerated vehicle at Airport after unloading). A metallic triangle was used as a template from which swabs were taken. The results of the bacterial counts revealed relatively high counts (ranges between 1 × 10³ - 6 × 10⁶ CFU/ cm ²), but without critical contamination levels according to the cut-off point for fresh meat (10⁶ CFU/ cm²) and chilled meat (10⁷ CFU/ cm²) except in the last visit (2 × 10⁶ CFU/ cm²).