Survey of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli and faecal coliforms in beef carcasses destined for export at slaughterhouses in Brazil.

dc.contributorDaniele BIER, UFMS, UCDB
dc.contributorMARCIO ROBERTO SILVA, CNPGL
dc.contributorCarlos Alberto do Nascimento RAMOS, UFMS
dc.contributorGiuliani D'Amico MORININGO, UCDB
dc.contributorTâmiris Aparecida dos Santos SILVA, UCDB
dc.contributorAlaiza Corrêa de LIMA, UCDB
dc.contributorJenyfer Valesca Monteiro CHULLI, UCDB
dc.contributorFLABIO RIBEIRO DE ARAUJO, CNPGC.
dc.creatorBIER, D.
dc.creatorSILVA, M. R.
dc.creatorRAMOS, C. A. do N.
dc.creatorMORININGO, G. D'A.
dc.creatorSILVA, T. A. dos S.
dc.creatorLIMA, A. C. de
dc.creatorCHULLI, J. V. M.
dc.creatorARAUJO, F. R.
dc.date2018-12-13T00:10:37Z
dc.date2018-12-13T00:10:37Z
dc.date2018-12-12
dc.date2018
dc.date2018-12-27T11:11:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:47:15Z
dc.descriptionABSTRACT This study investigated the presence of generic and verotoxin-producing E. coli as well as enumerated faecal coliforms in 30 beef carcasses in different parts of the slaughter process (after skinning, washing and cooling) at each of three slaughterhouses of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Among the total number of carcasses examined (n = 90), 39 (43.3%) had generic E. coli. Among the 270 samples analysed, 25 (9.3%) were positive after skinning, 14 (5.2%) were positive after washing and nine (3.3%) were positive after cooling. The majority of isolates of E. coli was collected from samples after skinning, which is considered a critical point of the microbial contamination of carcasses. However, the highest concentration of faecal coliforms was found after the washing step. The cooling step proved to be important to reducing the amount of hygiene-indicator microorganisms. The E. coli isolates had no stx1 or stx2 genes associated with virulence.
dc.identifierFood Science and Technology, v. 38, n. 1, p. 60-66, 2018.
dc.identifierhttp://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1101319
dc.identifier10.1590/1678-457x.37816
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/442881
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectEnterobacteria
dc.subjectMeat
dc.subjectBeef industry
dc.titleSurvey of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli and faecal coliforms in beef carcasses destined for export at slaughterhouses in Brazil.
dc.typeArtigo de periódico

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