Volume 15 No. 2

The Cooking loss of Fresh and Sausages of Camel, Beef and Goat meat

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The Cooking loss of Fresh and Sausages of Camel, Beef and Goat meat Alamin , Siham Abdelwahab; Ahmed , Daoud Alzubair; Ahmed , Hayder Elamin The study was conducted to evaluate the cooking loss of fresh and processed camel, beef and goat meat. The result showed that the cooking loss was with high significant different (P< 0.01) among the three types of meat. Cooking loss of fresh camel meat was the highest, followed by goat meat and beef as 36.3 of 34.15 & 31.75% respectively. The result showed that cooking loss was with high significant different (P< 0.01) among the three types of sausage. Camel sausage cooking loss was higher (24.12%) compared to beef and goat sausages as 21.45 and 22.0% respectively. The results showed that types of meat used for sausages making were not significantly different (P> 0.05) among the three types of sausages for cooking loss. The type of fillers used for sausages making affected significantly (P<0.01) the cooking loss percent, sweet potato filler showed high percent of cooking loss compared to bread crumbs filler. Using sweet potato filler reduced the size of sausage fingers and diminished the weight. article

Enterotoxigenicity of Bacillus cereus isolated from minced meat

2017-05-02T10:21:29Z

Enterotoxigenicity of Bacillus cereus isolated from minced meat B , Awadelkarim A .; M , Suleiman K . The aim of the study was to investigate the enterotoxigenicity of Bacillus cereus isolated from raw minced beef samples, fifty beef samples were collected from butcher shops in Omdurman city, Sudan. Ten Bacillus cereus were isolated and identified by standard bacteriological methods. Culture filtrates of the isolates were used to test for enterotoxigicity using the rabbit ileal loop assay. Eight of the Bacillus cereus isolates were found to be enterotoxigenic and hence raw beef meat could be a source of food poisoning to humans consuming raw or ill-cooked meat. article

Clinical, Haematological and Biochemical Studies of Colic in Draught Horses and Donkeys in Nyala

2017-05-03T05:54:25Z

Clinical, Haematological and Biochemical Studies of Colic in Draught Horses and Donkeys in Nyala A , Baher . A.I.; Ismail , Seri Hisham; Suliman , Siham ELias This study was conducted to identify the underlining aetiological agents of equine (horses and donkeys) colic and to investigate the clinical, haematological and biochemical changes that may occur during colic period. A total number of 80 draught horses and 11 draught donkeys (colic group) were clinically examined in Nyala, South Darfur State, Sudan. Animals with colic were assigned into mild, severe and recurrent subgroups according to the severity of pain and degree of change in clinical parameters. For the purpose of normal standard values six donkeys and six horses (control group) were included in the study. Causes of colic were identified from the case history of the colic in equine and/or by the test of its food before colic, clinical parameters, blood capillary refill time, and rectal palpation were conducted using standard methods. PCV, Hb, white blood cells differential count were recorded also. Plasma glucose, total protein, albumin, urea, sodium, potassium, and calcium were measured using spectrophotometery methods. PCV and Hb were significantly increased in animals with severe colic, but no differences were found between mild subgroup and control group; total white blood cells number significantly increased in colic group, but no differences were noticed in the white blood cells differential count of colic group except the basophiles, which decreased in colic group. No changes were noticed in sodium, urea, total protein and albumin between control group and colic group; globulin and glucose increased significantly in colic group, but calcium and potassium were found in low levels in the same group. article

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Ruminants Brucellosis in Jabel Aolia Locality, Sudan

2017-05-03T06:06:25Z

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Ruminants Brucellosis in Jabel Aolia Locality, Sudan El abdin , Solafa Zein; Angara , Tamador-ElkhansaaElnour; Elfadil , AbdElhameed Ahmed; El Sanousi , Enaam Mohammed; Ibrahim , Abdella Mohamed This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in ruminants� population in Jebel Aolia locality, Khartoum State. A total of 393 serum samples were collected from 53 herds, out of which 207 were bovine, 84 ovine, 82 caprine and 20 camel serum samples. The serum samples were screened for presence of brucella antibodies using RBPT and the positive samples were confirmed by c-ELISA test. The results pointed out that, prevalence of brucellosis among herds/flocks of cattle, camel, sheep and goats were 76 % (22/29), 20% (1/5), 13% (1/8) and 18% (2/11) respectively. The individual animal prevalence were 19% (39/207), 5% (1/20), 1 % (1/84) and 4%(3/82)respectively. A survey using a questionnaire was conducted to collect the required epidemiological data. The risk factors were investigated using logistic regression analysis. The test revealed that only abortion cases (OR.001, CI.00-.247, p-value.014) and source of water (OR1.51, CI 2.949-7.745E5, p-value.021) were significant (P<0.05) risk factors. This study provides necessary information about prevalence and risk factors of the disease in the study area which help the decision makers in setting the priority of disease control. article