EFFECT OF GAMMA IRRADIATION ON SOME MICROORGANISMS CONTAMINATING ANIMAL FEEDS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

MicroMal determination in animal feeds produced in Egypt or fish meal imported from abrood was carried nut Gamma irradiation with the dose 20KGY sterilized the pathogens, while 5 KGY destroyed them all. The microbes experimented were sporeformers, yeast and molds, Sta­phylococcus owreus and Streptococcus feacalis.