The comparison of duck egg contamination between different egg laying spots

Lau, Jee Bin (2016) The comparison of duck egg contamination between different egg laying spots. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

This study compares on the bacteria contamination on duck eggshell between different egg laying spots. These egg laying spots are pond-side, floor, and sand. A total amount of 30 duck eggs from Khaki Campbell in two different layers farms which were using same type of commercial diet were subjected to this study. This egg contamination experiment was conducted using coliform count method, Salmonella spp isolation and identification test method, and temperature detection method. Coliform count method was an enumeration test for quantitative detection of coliform on the duck eggshell which includes coliforms such as Escherichia spp, Enterobacter spp, Citrobacter spp, and Klebsiella spp. The statistic result shows that the pond-side eggs are more coliform contaminated than the sand eggs but only applicable to certain management practice while the floor eggs have no significant difference in contamination to other eggs. Meanwhile, Salmonella spp isolation and identification method was a screening test for qualitative detection of salmonella spp on the eggshell and the egg content. The prevalence result shows negative for all samples either on eggshell or egg content except one positive from the egg content only. Temperature detection method was used to determine the temperature on each spots. The statistic result shows that there was neither statistically correlation nor support relationship between the temperatures of the spots with the egg coliforms count. Thus, the duck eggs from different egg laying spots contributed to the egg coliform contamination in little extend only.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms. Nordeena Abdul Aziz
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2022 03:08
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2023 03:34
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/677

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