Prevalence and quantification of Listeria monocytogenes in chicken offal at the retail level in Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Kuan, Chee Hao, Goh, Sur Guat, Loo, Yuet Ying, Chang, Wei San, Lye, Ying Ling, Soopna, Puspanadan, Tang, John Yew Huat, Nakaguchi, Yositsugu, Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki, Mahyudin, Nor Ainy, Radu, Son
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30507/1/Prevalence%20and%20quantification%20of%20Listeria%20monocytogenes%20in%20chicken%20offal%20at%20the%20retail%20level%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30507/; http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/6/1664.abstract

A total of 216 chicken offal samples (chicken liver = 72; chicken heart = 72; chicken gizzard = 72) from wet markets and hypermarkets in Selangor, Malaysia, were examined for the presence and density of Listeria monocytogenes by using a combination of the most probable number and PCR method. The pre...