Molecular detection of aflatoxin producing Aspergillus
species isolates in some chicken meat cuts in Gharbiya
governorate, Egypt
Volume 7 - Issue 1
Shaltout FA1, Heikal GI2 and Ghanem AM3*
- 1Food Hygiene and Control Department, (Meat Hygiene), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt
- 2Food Hygiene Department, Animal Health Research Institute (Tanta branch), Egypt
- 3Food Security Sector, Egyptian Armed Forces, Egypt
Received: November 22, 2021 Published: December 06, 2021
Corresponding author: Ayman Ghanem, Department of Food Hygiene and Control (Meat Hygiene), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Benha University, Egypt
DOI: 10.32474/RRHOAJ.2021.07.000255
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Contamination with fungi and their toxins is considered one of the most dangerous hidden pollutants that threaten the health of
the consumer. The presence of mycotoxins in various foods has been recorded, despite their apparent safety for human consumption.
Therefore, the current study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Aspergillus species by culture method; and aflatoxinproducing
genes molecularly in total of 75 random samples of chicken cuts represented by wing, breast and thigh (25 of each) that
were collected from various groceries and poultries shops located at Gharbiya governorate, Egypt. Results of culture and isolation
techniques revealed detection of Aspergillus sp. in 36, 48 and 44% of the examined wing, breast and thigh samples, respectively.
Moreover, microbiological identification of the isolated strains showed presence of A. niger, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. terreus and
A. parasiticus in 16, 13.3, 10.6, 1.3 and 1.3% of the total population of the examined samples. Molecular detection of some aflatoxin
production regulating genes (OmtA, Nor1 and Ver1) in ten Aspergillus sp. isolates revealed their detection in 8/10 (80%), 8/10
(80%) and 7/10 (70%) represented by positive bands at molecular weight of 1024, 400 and 537 bp, respectively. Referring to the
recorded results, chicken cuts may possess a great silent hazard to the human being under improper good manufacturing practices
and inadequate hygienic conditions during handling and storage.
Keywords: Aspergillus Species; Chicken Meat Cuts; Cpcr; Egypt
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