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Provedor de dados: 	Ciência Rural	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Microbiological counting in lamb carcasses from an abattoir in São Paulo, Brazil	
Autores: 	Martineli,Thaís Mioto; Rossi Junior,Oswaldo Durival; Cereser,Natacha Deboni; Cardozo,Marita Vedovelli; Fontoura,Cristianne Lino; Perri,Silvia Helena Venturoli.	
Data: 	2009-09-01	
Ano: 	2009	
Palavras-chave: 	Carcasses; Lamb; Indicator and pathogenic microorganisms; Hygiene.	
Resumo: 	The consumption of lamb meat in Brazil has increased in the last years but little information about the microbiological quality of this product is available. To evaluate the hygienic-sanitary conditions of lamb carcasses, the quantification of microorganism populations indicators (mesophiles and psychrotrophs; total and thermotolerant coliforms; Escherichia coli; moulds and yeasts) and the pathogenic microorganisms indentification (Salmonella sp. and Listeria spp.) were performed. A total of 60 lamb carcasses were sampled from one abattoir in São Paulo. Swab samples were collected from three points (forequarter, back and hindquarter) on the muscle surface after carcasses final washing. Statistical analysis consisted of descriptive evaluation of the results whose counts were grouped by intervals of microorganism populations. Counts ranged from 1.0 x 10¹ to 8.0 x 10(4) colony-forming unit cm-2 (CFU cm-2) for mesophiles; 1.0 x 10(0) to 4.4 x 10(4)CFU cm-2 for psychrotrophs; &lt; 1.0 x 10(0) to 4.4 x 10(4)CFU cm-2 for moulds and yeasts; &lt; 0.3 to &gt; 32.0 most probable number/cm² (MPN cm-2) for total and thermotolerant coliforms and Escherichia coli. Salmonella sp. and Listeria spp. were not found in any of the carcasses. Most carcasses presented low counts for all microorganisms. Overall results may be explained by the small size of the industry where the study was taken. Results suggest that good microbiological quality lamb meat is possible to be obtained, but improvement in hygienic-sanitary conditions is still required.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782009000600030	
Editor: 	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0103-84782009000600030	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ciência Rural  v.39 n.6 2009	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess