title: Occurrence of enterotoxigenic Aeromonas species in foods.
abstract: Out of a total of 246 food samples of animal origin screened for isolation of Aeromonas spp., 33 (13.41%) were positive for these organisms. Maximum positivity was shown by the samples from fish (28.57%), followed by poultry meat (16.67%), poultry eggs (12.50%), goat meat (12%), buffalo meat (7.69%) and cow milk (5.56%). A. hydrophila was the predominant species (51.52%) followed by A. sobria (39.39%) and A. caviae. Of these, 70.59% A. hydrophila, 69.23% A. sobria and 33.33% A. caviae showed enterotoxigenic reaction in mouse paw oedema test.
authors.affiliation: Division of Animal Health, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umian, Meghalaya-793 103.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Bachhil
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Bhilegaonakar
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis; D002020:Buffaloes; D004531:Eggs / Q000382:microbiology; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D005399:Fishes; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006041:Goats; D007194:India; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D011200:Poultry
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins