Incidence of human pathogenic bacteria in shrimp feeds - a study from India

R.P. Raghavan

Naga, 2003, vol. 26, issue 2, 22-24

Abstract: The incidence of various human pathogenic bacteria in commercially available and home-made shrimp feeds used on some farms in India was analyzed. The Total Heterotrophic Bacteria in the commercial feed samples ranged between 103û105 cfu g-1 and those in the farm-made feeds between 106-107 cfu g-1. No bacteria of significance to human health were found to be associated with any of the commercial feed samples analyzed, while farm-made feeds analyzed during the study showed a high incidence of various human pathogens such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus, V. cholerae, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Possible modes of contamination in feeds and ways to prevent them are discussed.

Keywords: Shrimp culture; Pathogenic bacteria; Feed; Human food; Public health; India; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio cholerae; Escherichia coli; Staphylococcus aureus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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