Incidence of E. coli in meat and edible offals of rabbit carcasses and their public health significances [electronic resource].

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A total number of 40 freshly slaughter and frozen packed rabbits (20 each), including its edible offals were collected from poultry butcher shops and different markets in Port said city. Samples from muscles and edible offals (liver, lungs, heart, and kidneys) were examined microbiologically for presence of Escherichia coli. The prevalence of E. coli in the examined unpacked fresh rabbit samples was 40, 35, 30 and 60% with mean values of 8.7x102, 5.0x102, 3.9x102 and 4.2x103 CFU/gm, meanwhile the prevalence of E.coli in the examined packed frozen rabbit samples was 10, 10, 15 and 20% with mean values of 3.0x102, 2.8x102, 5.2x102 and 2.1x103 CFU/gm in muscles, liver, lungs and kidneys respectively.

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