STUDIES ON THE MICROBIOLOGY OF HIDES DURING PROCESS OF SALTING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HYGIENE OF HIDE STOREHOUSES

AHMED, F.A.; ABDEL RAHMAN, H.A.

doi:10.21608/avmj.1984.190842

STUDIES ON THE MICROBIOLOGY OF HIDES DURING PROCESS OF SALTING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HYGIENE OF HIDE STOREHOUSES

Document Type : Research article

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10.21608/avmj.1984.190842

Abstract

The environment of four hides storehouses are examined bacteriologicaly, two of them are located in Assiut and the others in Sohag. Estimation of the most p < /strong>robable number of coliforms revealed that the highest average was 37 for the store A. in Assiut and 15.6, 16.2 and 15 for the storehouses B, C and D. in Assiut and Sohag respectively. The average incidence percentage of microorganisms isolated from fresh and salted hides are in the following manner coagulase positive staph. 18.1, 33.3; coagulase negative staph. 27.6, 26.2; streptococcus faecalis 3.4, 4.8; streptococcus pyogenes 6.9, 7.1; Escheri chia coli 8.6, 4.8; Shigella flexneri (type 6) 5.2, 2.4; Proteus vulgaris 14.6, 9.5; Proteus morganii 3.4, 4.8 and Pseudomonas spp. 12, 7.1 respectively; while the average incidence of fungi isolated were as following Aspergillus flavus 5.3, 5.9; Aspergillus amstelodami 3.5, 11.8; Aspergillus candidus 5.3, 2.9; Penicillum capsulatum 10.6, 17.6; Penicillum citrinum 5.3, 2.9; Penicillum frequentans 4.4, 8.8; Cladosporum spp. 4.4, 5.9; Paecilomyces spp. 8, 8.8; Mucor spp. 13.3, 0; Rizopus spp. 10.6, 0; Absidia spp. 5.3, 0; Geotrichum spp. 7.1, 8.8; Fusarium spp. 2.6, 5.9 and Aspergillus niger 14.1, 20.6.