A study on the quality of organic hens eggs in the Egyptian market

العناوين الأخرى

دراسة عن جودة بيض الدجاج الحيوي في السوق المصري

المؤلفون المشاركون

Hammudah, Siham N.
Subayh, Azzah M. K.
al-Banna, Amal F.
Ahmad, H. F.

المصدر

Kafr El-Sheikh Veterinary Medical Journal

الناشر

جامعة كفر الشيخ كلية الطب البيطري

تاريخ النشر

2016-06-30

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

17

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البيطري

الملخص الإنجليزي

A study on 200 organic eggs samples from Egyptian markets was conducted in order to evaluate the physical quality and the microbial load of the organic hens egg.

The study revealed that 45% 0f the examined organic eggs had dirty shell, 9% Rough shell and 4.5% of bad odours.

The microbiological examination showed that the average total aerobic bacterial, total coliforms and total staphylococcus count of shell were 1.6x106 ± 3.2x105, 3.9x 104 ± 3.9x103and 5.8x105 ± 4.8x104, respectively.

While the average total aerobic bacterial, total coliforms and total staphylococcus counts of egg content samples were 2.7x 103± 4x102, 8.1x10± 1.5x 10 and 8.5x102± 1.6x10, respectively.

Staphylococcus aureus and salmonellae were isolated from 7% and 1.5% of the examined egg shell samples.

While both organisms could not be isolated from the egg content of the examined organic egg samples.

The public health and economic importance of isolated microorganisms were discussed

نوع البيانات

أوراق مؤتمرات

رقم السجل

BIM-778712

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