ABSTRACT
Twenty samples of four different parts of chicken
parts yeast and fungi load. The samples Umuahia main market, Abia State of
Nigeria. The chicken parts examined were the gizzards, wings, laps and legs.
These parts were contaminated with Escherichia coli, Bacillus sp, Pseudomonas
aeruginosa and Klebsiella sp. Fungal contaminants isolated include Penicillium
sp and Aspergillus flavus. The Total Viable Count ranged from 2.4xl02 -
12.5xlO2Cfu/ml, Total Coliform Count ranged from 2.0xl04 - 9.9xl02 Cfu/ml and
Total Fungal Count ranged from Staphylococcus aureus (20%), while the lowest
percentage occurrence was Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.54%). The total number of
fungal isolates in this study was 44 with the highest percentage occurrence
observed for Saccaromyces cerevisae (45.45%) and lowest percentage observed for
Aspergillusflavus (20.45%). These finding suggest that most ofthe frozen
chicken parts stored in the open market may constitute sources of bacterial
food poisoning consequently public health hazard.
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