Microbiological analysis of quail meat in the application of organic concentrate based on poultry biowaste

The development of poultry farming is accompanied by an increase in the amount of excreted biowaste, which contributes to environmental pollution and deterioration of livelihoods in the areas near poultry farms. On the other hand, poultry biowaste is a source of nitrogen-containing, mineral and biologically active substances. The aim of the study was to investigate the microbiological safety of meat in the introduction of quail rations decontaminated by an electromagnetic field of ultrahigh frequency (EMF UHF) exposure of poultry biowaste. To achieve the goal, there were carried out microbiological studies of native and microwave EMF-influenced poultry biowaste, as well as overfed meat obtained by introducing up to 25 % of an organic concentrate based on deactivated poultry biowaste into the compound feed. In the studies it was found that no Salmonella bacteria, E. coli bacteria and sulfite-reducing clostridia were detected in the decontaminated poultry biowaste. In terms of total microbial count, the obtained raw materials were sterile. In the samples of quail meat of both control and experimental groups, BSCP, Listeria monocytogenes and pathogenic microorganisms, including Salmonella, were not detected; the content of CMAFANM did not exceed the normative values (not more than 1x105 CFU/g).