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A total of 400 swab samples were collected from 50carcasses of slaughtered camels after stamping at Sharkiaabattoirs and after deliverying to butchers shops (50) each ofshoulder, thigh, outerside and innerside of the thorax.For investigation of meat contact surfaces, fifty samples,10 each of hands , knives, clothes of meat handlers, theirtowls, butchers cutting boards and cars which were used incarcasses transportation were collected and bacteriologicallyexamined. The collected samples were examined for theaerobic plate count, Enterobacteriacae count, most probablenumber of each Coliforms and E. coli, as well asStaphylococcus aureus count, ’Streptococcus faecalis count,total mould and yeast count.Carcass swabs:The mean values of aerobic plate count was 11.5 x 105 ±4.02 xl05 , 2.04 x105 ± 7.6 x IO? , 7.54 xl05 ± 3.3 x105 and4.05 x104 ± 1.21 x104 organisms / cm2 for shoulder, side ofthigh, outer side and innerside of thorax respectively afterstamping of carcasses at abattoir , while such mean valueswere 16.3 x105 ± 6.12x105 , 8.95 xl05 ± 2.80 x 105 , 11 x 105 ±5.01 xl05 and 8.9 xl04 ± 4.14 x 104 organisms / cln2 for thepreviously examined surfaces, at butcher shops.The mean values of Enterobacteriaceae counts was 2.5
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