Microbial load of some kinds of fish marketed in Dhamar governorate, Yemen

Abstract

This study aimed to determination the microbial load of some kind of fishes marketed in Dhamar town; Yemen included (Codfish, Tuna, Emperor, Indian mackerel and Trevally fish). The microbial test was the total bacteria, fungi, coliform, Salmonella and Staphylococcus counts. The result showed that total bacteria and fungi count in fishes was high and varied from 6.1 to 6.5 and 6.69 - 6.82 Log. cfu/g respectively, whereas total coliform counts was 5.56 - 5.88, Salmonella counts was 3.07 - 3.65 and Staphylococcus count was 4.76 - 5.52 Log .cfu/g. This result indicated that high contamination was occurred as a result of bad storage conditions and mishandling and marketing.