Publications by authors named "Sarah Panera-Martinez"

A total of 104 samples of chicken meat acquired on the day of slaughter from two slaughterhouses in northwestern Spain were analyzed. These comprised 26 carcasses and 26 cuts from each of the two establishments. An average load of 5.

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  • Cross-contamination from slaughterhouse surfaces is a major source of poultry contamination, prompting research into biofilms formed by microbiota on these surfaces in two slaughterhouses in north-western Spain.
  • Researchers collected 44 swab samples and found that all surfaces could form biofilms, with significant differences in biofilm biovolume between the two slaughterhouses, particularly high in abattoir A.
  • Dominant bacterial genera included Pseudomonas and Salmonella, along with several pathogenic species, highlighting the need for improved cleaning and disinfection strategies in poultry processing.
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Knowledge of the microbiota present in food processing environments is a significant advance that will allow for better evaluation of the risk of food contamination and a better design of the procedures for sanitization. The levels of microbial group indicators of hygienic quality were determined in different areas of the slaughter lines of two poultry slaughterhouses in the northwest of Spain (22 surfaces in each slaughterhouse were studied). The average microbial levels (cfu/cm) were 2.

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The prevalence of in 30 samples of poultry was determined using culture-dependent (isolation on OCLA and confirmation by conventional polymerase chain reaction -PCR-, OCLA&PCR) and culture-independent (real-time polymerase chain reaction, q-PCR) methods. was detected in 15 samples (50.0%) by OCLA&PCR and in 20 (66.

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Twenty samples of minced chicken meat procured from butcher’s shops in León (Spain; 10 samples) and Vila Real (Portugal; 10 samples) were analyzed. Microbial concentrations (log10 cfu/g) of 7.53 ± 1.

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