Arpana Kakoti, A.G. Baruah and P.K. Boro . (2003). Bacteriological Studies of Fresh Market Pork Sold in the Cities of Guwahati and Shillong: Its Public Health Importance. Journal of Veterinary Public Health, Vol. 01 Issue 2 Page No: 177–179
Bacteriological Studies of Fresh Market Pork Sold in the Cities of Guwahati and Shillong: Its Public Health Importance
Arpana Kakoti, A.G. Baruah and P.K. Boro
Page No. : 177–179
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the present study was to determine the bacterial quality of pork as influenced by the place of collection for evaluating their hygienic standards from a public health point of view. The results of average total microbial load of pork samples revealed a higher range of total viable count (TVC) in Guwahati (0.19–112.5 × 10⁶/g) than that in Shillong (0.02–64.5 × 10⁶/g). Similar variations were reported earlier by Borah (1986) in pork samples collected from different sources. The average values of TVC recorded for both the regions also exceeded the standards (5 × 10⁶/g) as prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (Anon, 1995) for raw goat meat, which rendered the meat under study unsafe and unhygienic for consumption from public health point of view.
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