A survey of antimicrobial residues in table eggs in Khartoum State, Sudan, 2007–2008

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

 
 
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Title A survey of antimicrobial residues in table eggs in Khartoum State, Sudan, 2007–2008
 
Creator Sirdar, Mohamed M. Picard, Jackie Bisschop, Shahn Jambalang, Alexander R. Gummow, Bruce
 
Subject Epidemiology; poultry, public health antimicrobial; consumer; eggs; prevalence; residues; risk; Sudan; survey
Description The risk to consumers of antimicrobial residues in table eggs produced in Khartoum State, Sudan, was studied. All producing layer farms (n = 175) in the state were sampled in April, June and August 2008. A total of 933 eggs from 335 layer houses were screened for antimicrobial residues by using the growth inhibition of Geobacillus stearothermophilus var. calidolactis in-house test. A high proportion of layer farms (72% in April, 61% in June and 66% in August) and layer houses (63% April, 59% in June and 61% in August) were found to have antimicrobial residues, with no significant difference in prevalence (p = 0.57) between study periods. The study showed that the consumer was at constant risk of exposure to antimicrobial residues in table eggs. The paper discusses reasons for the high prevalence of antimicrobial residues in Sudanese eggs and its implications, and makes recommendations to address this important public health problem.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor University of Pretoria South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Malawian Islamic Zakaat Fund (IZF)
Date 2012-04-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Survey; analytical
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.360
 
Source Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 79, No 1 (2012); 9 pages 2219-0635 0030-2465
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Khartoum State, Sudan, North Africa Current Eggs
Rights Copyright (c) 2012 Mohamed M. Sirdar, Jackie Picard, Shahn Bisschop, Alexander R. Jambalang, Bruce Gummow https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
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