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Market fish hygiene in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Gorette M. Binta ,
T. B. Tjaberg ,
P. N. Nyaga  and
M. Valland
Gorette M. Binta
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Kabete, Kenya
T. B. Tjaberg
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Kabete, Kenya
P. N. Nyaga
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Kabete, Kenya
M. Valland
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Kabete, Kenya
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus was isolated from 53 out of 584 samples (9·1%) of market fish. All strains were Kanagawa negative and were distributed as follows: sea fish 5 out of 370 samples (1·4%), shellfish 48 out of 214 samples (22·4%). Other fish spoilage microflora recovered were: Alcaligenes faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio alginolyticus. Total aerobic counts and coliform counts per gram for the lake fish ranged from 2·6 × 102 to 6·6 × 107 and 10 to 1·0 × 102, respectively. Those from marine fish ranged from 1·0 × 105 to 8·8 × 105 and 2·0 × 103 to 1·6 × 104, respectively. Counts for marine fish gills alone ranged from 1·4 × 105 to 3·4 ×108 and 7·2 × 102 to 1·4 × 107, respectively. No hightemperature (44°) coliforms were recovered from either lake or marine samples.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 89 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 47 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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