Open AccessMICROBIOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF THE ORAL AND PUMP METHODS OF INFLATING GOAT CARCASSES
Author(s) -
Omoniyi Michael Popoola,
D. O. Alonge
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v21i1.1180
Subject(s) - organism , biology , medicine , paleontology
Two methods of inflating goat carcasses prior to dehairing - the oral and the mechanical pump • are compared for efficiency and microbial contamination. The mechanical pump method was found to be two times faster, to have less total bacterial load with no pathogenic organism as seen in the oral method.