Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Occurrence of selected pathogenic microorganisms in raw and processed eggs of snails of the Cornu genus Cover

Occurrence of selected pathogenic microorganisms in raw and processed eggs of snails of the Cornu genus

Open Access
|Dec 2021

Figures & Tables

Table 1

The origin species and number of common garden snail egg samples in which Listeria spp. were detected

Raw materialSemi-finished productFinal product “Snail Eggs” (n=10)
CAA eggs (n=10)48
CAM eggs (n=10)098

[i] CAA – Cornu aspersum aspersum (small common garden snail);

CAM – Cornu aspersum maxima (large common garden snail)

Table 2

Level of contamination log10 (CFU/g) with bacteria of the Staphylococcus genus in common garden snail eggs, depending on production stage and origin species

Raw materialSemi-finished productFinal product “Snail Eggs” (n=10)
CAA (n=10eggs )4.27 ± 0.014.17 ± 0.03Not
CAM (n=10eggs )4.29 ± 0.0044.14 ± 0.03detected

[i] CAA – Cornu aspersum aspersum (small common garden snail);

CAM – Cornu aspersum maxima (large common garden snail) No significant differences emerged between the eggs from the two snail subspecies nor between the product categories, P < 0.05

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2021-0060 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608 (formerly 2300-3235)
Language: English
Page range: 463 - 467
Submitted on: Jul 12, 2021
Accepted on: Dec 6, 2021
Published on: Dec 20, 2021
Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2021 Monika Maćkowiak-Dryka, Michał Gondek, Krzysztof Szkucik, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.