title: [Assessment of superficial contamination of bovine and ovine carcasses from the municipal slaughterhouse of Constantine in Algeria].
abstract: The neck, shoulder, flank, and thigh of 36 bovine and 30 ovine carcasses were swabbed for bacteriological analyses. The greatest microbial load was found on the neck. The site averages for the flora analyzed indicated that the levels of contamination were greater than those in similar studies in France, Morocco, and Tunisia.
authors.affiliation: Université Mentouri Constantine, Faculté des Sciences, Département des Sciences Vétérinaires, Laboratoire d'Hygiene Alimentaire, 25000 Constantine, Algérie.
authors.forename: Okki S El Hadef
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: El
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Groud
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kenana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quessy
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs / Q000592:standards; D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006920:Hygiene; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology