Incidence of arcobacter species in chicken meat marketed in Ismailia City

الملخص EN

A total of 132 samples of chicken carcass and chicken products were randomly collected from different localities in Ismailia city for microbiological evaluation.

Arcobacter spp.

was isolated from 72.7 % (32 / 44), 66.7 % (32 / 48) and 100 % (40 / 40) of the chicken carcass, liver and burger samples respectively.

The frequency of A.

butzleri, A.

cryaerophilus and A.

skirrowii were 37.5 % (12 / 32), 37.5 % (12 / 32) and 25 % (08 / 32) of the chicken carcass, liver and burger samples respectively.

A.

butzleri was recovered from 37.5 % (12 / 32) of liver samples and 12.5 % (04 / 32) for A.

cryaerophilus, while the higher percentage was related to A.

skirrowii which isolated from 50% (16 / 32) of the liver samples.

A.

butzleri were detected in 60 % (24 / 40), A.

cryaerophilus 20 % (08 / 40) and A.

skirrowii 20 % (08 / 40) examined burger samples.

The highest incidence of Arcobacter species in the examined chicken and their products is considered as a serious public health hazard to human health that required attention from the concerned authority to control the sanitary of chicken meat production at Ismailia city.