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The present study was conducted to determine the sanitary condition of fresh duck carcasses in relation to the place of processing. Egyptian balady ducks (n=30) were equally divided into 3 groups . Group 1 was manually processed at home. Group 2 was commeand gizzard (30 each) were collected for microbiologicalexamination and the carcasses were subjected for furtherorganolyptic examination.Microbiological examination included determination ofAerobic Mesophils count, Enterobacteriaceae count, Coliformcount, Staphylococcus aureus count, Enterococci count, totalmould and yeast count together with isolation andindentification of Salmonella and E. coli.The results revealed that the majority of the examinedduck carcasses exhibited normal colour, normal fleshyconsistency, as well as acceptable odour and taste. However,microbiological examination revealed that microbial population(CFU/g) of Mesophilic Aerobes recorded in the present study.in groups 1, 2 and 3 was 86.4 x 103, 48.8 x104, and 35.5 x 105for skin; 58.2 x 10, 28.2 x 102, and 24.9 x 103 for muscle; 83.2 x102, 32.0 x 103, and 23.7 x 104 for liver, and 32.5 x 103, 18.5 x104, and 31.8 x 104 for gizzard samples.The mean values (CFU/g) of Enterobacteriaceae count in.groups 1, 2 and 3 were 55.8 x 102 , 94.1 x103 and 45.9 x104 forskin ; 63.0 x 10, 91.0 x 10 and 20.5 x102 for muscle; 10.3
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