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<p> The paper presents the first results of a study on the contamination of honey produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan with C. botulinum spores known to pose a potential infection threat to infants. During microbiological analysis, culturing methods with TPGY, Willis-Hobbs agar, FAA agar connected with PCR, sequencing, and a mouse bioassay were used. The C. botulinum contamination rate of honey was relatively low as determined, at 0.91%. Nonetheless, the potential danger of the bacteria to childrens’ health should not be neglected</p>
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The paper presents the first results of a study on the contamination of honey produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan with C. botulinum spores known to pose a potential infection threat to infants. During microbiological analysis, culturing methods with TPGY, Willis-Hobbs agar, FAA agar connected with PCR, sequencing, and a mouse bioassay were used. The C. botulinum contamination rate of honey was relatively low as determined, at 0.91%. Nonetheless, the potential danger of the bacteria to childrens’ health should not be neglected

Contamination of honey produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan with Clostridium botulinum

Department of Veterinary Sanitation, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Technology of Animal Husbandry

S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University

Departament of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Hygiene of Animal Feedingstuffs

Journal of Veterinary Research

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The paper presents the first results of a study on the contamination of honey produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan with C. botulinum spores known to pose a...

Contamination of honey produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan with Clostridium botulinum

Published Online: Jul 03, 2015

Page range: 241 - 246

Received: Mar 09, 2015

Accepted: Jun 03, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bvip-2015-0036

© 2015 National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.