Salmonella contamination of camel meat in various stages of destruction in Isfahan and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari

Subject Areas : Food Microbial Contamination

Ebrahim Rahimi ¹ , Amir Shakeriyan ²

1 - گروه بهداشت مواد غذایی دانشکده دامپزشکی، واحد شهرکرد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، شهرکرد، ایران.
2 - Department of Food Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahr-e-Kord, Islamic Azad University of Shahr-e-Kord, Iran.

Received: 2017-04-20 Accepted : 2017-06-22 Published : 2017-08-23

Keywords: camel, PCR, Salmonella typhimurium,

Abstract :

Salmonella is a food borne pathogens and pose a public health problem in the world counts. Food poisoning caused by this pathogen with symptoms such as gastroenteritis, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever enteric (typhoid fever) occurs. This study aimed to isolate and identify Salmonella typhimurium in various stages of destruction was carried camel meat. For this purpose, a total of 150 samples of camel meat in various stages of destruction (after peeled, after unloading viscera after the wash), (each 50 samples) in return when summer 1395 to winter 1395 the slaughterhouse city Ben Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province and the city of Najaf Abad and Esfahan Golden city, were taken. The results showed that 22 of 150 samples of camel meat as species of Salmonella were detected. Using PCR showed that of the 22 positive samples, 3 (2%) Salmonella typhimurium and 19% (6/12) were other species. From the 50 samples collected after unloading viscera 11 positive cases were detected in 2 (4%) are Salmonella typhimurium. After washing the other 50 samples were collected 4 cases (8%) is related to Salmonella spp and Salmonella typhimurium serotypes 4 none of it.