Detection of Salmonella spp. Isolates from specimens due to pork production Chains in Hue City, Vietnam.
From August 2007 until March 2008, we perfomed a detection and epidemiological analysis for Salmonella spp. in specimens collected from pork production chains to improve the quality of meat hygiene conditions in Hue, Vietnam. A total of 306 specimens were examined for Salmonella spp., aerobic bacterial counts and coliform. Seven serovars of Salmonella spp. were detected in retail pork, slaughterhouse carcasses and environmental specimens with the following detection rates: 32.8% of retail pork, 15.5% of slaughterhouse carcasses, 47.4% of floors, 38.1% of weighing bowls, 28.6% of cooking boards and 16.7% of tank water samples. Based on these results, we recommend that exhaustive sterilization, washing, routine bacteriological examinations and treatments at low temperature are performed in slaughterhouses, transportation facilities and retail stores.
Department of Applied Veterinary Science and Public Health, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan.
Koichi
K
Takeshi
Shigeru
S
Itoh
Hiromi
H
Hosono
Hiroichi
H
Kono
Vo Trung
VT
Tin
Nguyen Quang
NQ
Vinh
Nguyen Thi Bich
NT
Thuy
Keiko
K
Kawamoto
Sou-Ichi
S
Makino
D000818:Animals; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000662:veterinary; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology