TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH, cilt.3, sa.1, ss.78-85, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study was carried out in order to clarify the debates on
the hygiene of plucking methods in slaughter in today's
poultry. For this purpose, in order to determine the
microbiological quality of drumstick and breast meat
obtained from the wet and dry plucked carcass for sale in the
market Total Mesophilic Aerobic Bacteria (TMAB), Total
Mold-Yeast levels and Salmonella ssp. levels were
investigated. In this context, a total of 24 meat samples
purchased from 12 different markets were used. As a result
of the analysis, it was determined that there was no
significant difference between the groups of Total Mesophilic
Aerobic Bacteria and Total Mold-Yeast levels in wet and dry
plucked drumstick and breast samples. 1 Salmonella ssp.
was detected in wet plucked drumsticks and also 1 dry
plucked breasts. The results obtained show that the wet or
dry plucking method does not have an effect on the
microorganism level in the meat.