EFFECT OF FEED DEPRIVATION TIME ON BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF SKIN AND CARCASS IN MEAT GOATS

EFFECT OF FEED DEPRIVATION TIME ON BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF SKIN AND CARCASS IN MEAT GOATS

Previous research has shown that diet and feed deprivation time prior to slaughter can influence the fecal shedding of bacteria in goats. This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of feed deprivation time (FDT) on skin and carcass bacterial counts. Thirty-two Boer × Spanish goats (BW =...

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Main Authors: M. Vanguru, J. H. Lee, B. Kouakou, Tom H. Terrill, Govind Kannan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2009-06-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Subjects:
Goats, Feed deprivation, E. coli, Carcass contamination
Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/83

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