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Microbial load of rinsed and unrinsed body cavities of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) on the killing day and after cold storage:
a preliminary investigation (2022)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Korkmaz, B.

Reich, F.

Alter, T. (WE 8)

Steinhoff-Wagner, J.

Maaz, D.

Gremse, C.

Haase, A.

Mader, A.

Schafft, H. A.

Bandick, N.

Nöckler, K.

Lahrssen-Wiederholt, M.

Quelle

Food control

Bandzählung: 141

Seiten: Artikel 109141

ISSN: 0956-7135

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713522003346

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109141

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

Ensuring good game meat hygiene is a challenge in the hunting supply chain. Game carcasses can be soiled with intestinal contents or other substances from the environment due to hunting and handling practices. This soiling can increase the microbial load (ML) of the carcass and the resulting game meat. The aim of this study was to investigate whether rinsing of soiled and unsoiled body cavities with drinking water can reduce the ML of carcasses. Carcasses of 23 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) were processed, either rinsed (n = 12) or unrinsed (n = 11), and examined for ML. Swab and muscle samples were taken from the carcasses at killing day and after 3 days of cold storage. The levels of ML were comparable for the rinsed and unrinsed roe deer carcasses with an increase of Pseudomonas spp. during cold storage. Initial ML seems to be independent of visible soiling. Other factors affecting the initial ML should be determined in future studies.