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ABSTRACT

A cross-sectional study of raw meat samples of goats and pigs from the local meat markets of Mathura, India was carried out to investigate bacterial load in ready-to-sale chevon and pork with special emphasis on isolation and identification of Salmonella spp. Samples were collected from 40 goat and 40 pig carcasses from local retail meat shops of Mathura. On carcasses of pigs and goats, the mean of the log10 standard plate count was 7.78 cfug-1 and 7.03 cfug-1, respectively and that of total coliform count was 4.29 log10 cfug-1 and 4.15 log10 cfug-1, respectively. All the samples were found positive for coliforms, and 1.25% of goat and 10% of pig meat samples were positive for Salmonella. Salmonella Kissi (6, 7: d;1,2) was isolated from chevon. Antibiogram revealed the highest sensitivity towards streptomycin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, amikacin, ceftriaxone, colistin sulphate, gentamicin and nalidixic acid, followed by cefuroxime and tetracycline and cotrimoxazole. The strains were resistant to ampicillin, neomycin, erythromycin and Bacitracin.

Keywords: Coliforms, goat, meat, pig, Salmonella.