Evaluation of microbial quality of fresh goat meat sold in Umuahia market, Abia state, Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 782-786

  Eze, V C ^a   Ivuoma, Nwosu ^a  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Goat; Market; Meat umuahia; Microbial; Quality

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGUS COUNT; GOAT; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ASPERGILLUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84879276176     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.880.884     Document Type: Article

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