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Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in Syrian poultry (2007)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Melly, H.

Al-Emadi, A.M.

Arwana, A.E.

Alter, T.

Hamedy, O.A.

Fehlhaber, K.N.

Quelle

Archiv für Lebensmittelhygiene

Bandzählung: 58

Heftzählung: 5

Seiten: 180 – 183

ISSN: 0003-925x

Verweise

DOI: 10.2377/0003-925X-58-180

Kontakt

Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit und -hygiene

Königsweg 69
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62551 / 52790
lebensmittelhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de / fleischhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

In this study, the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in 480 chicken meat samples purchased from the retail markets of different regions in Syria was determined. Non-significant differences in the Campylobacter occurrence between regions and between summer and winter were observed.The prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in chicken meat samples was 27.7 % with a higher contamination rate in summer (32.08 %) than in winter (23.33 %). C. jejuni was the predominant species.