TY - JOUR AB - The objective of the current study was to determine the influence of market type and sampling time on <i>Salmonella</i> and <i>Listeria</i> prevalence and bacterial counts of 180 whole chicken carcasses collected from 6 supermarkets (SM), 6 indoor markets (IM), and 6 open markets (OM) in Vietnam, at opening (T0) and 4 h after the opening (T4). <i>Salmonella</i> and <i>Listeria</i> prevalence was at least 25.6% and 42.7%, respectively. Whole birds in IM had greater Salmonella prevalence than birds from both SM and OM by 28.4% and 23.0% (<i>P</i> = 0.006 and 0.022, respectively). <i>Listeria</i> prevalence was lower in whole chickens from SM, at 56.6%, than those in IM and OM (78.6% and 73.2%,<i> P </i>= 0.024 and 0.089, respectively). Whole chicken carcasses had more than 10.1, 7.5, and 9.4 log colony-forming units (CFU)/g of aerobic bacteria, <i>Escherichia coli</i> (<i>E. coli</i>), and coliforms, respectively. Both <i>E. coli</i> and coliform counts were greater in IM than in SM (<i>P</i> = 0.002 and 0.006). However, only <i>E. coli</i> counts differed between SM (7.7 log CFU/g) and OM (8.3 log CFU/g; <i>P</i> = 0.024). These results highlighted high levels of bacteria and high prevalence of <i>Salmonella</i> and <i>Listeria</i> in whole chickens in retail establishments in Vietnam, posing potential food safety and public health risks. AU - April K. Englishbey, Anuraj T. Sukumaran, Phuong T. T. Vu, Yen T. Thuc, Man V. V. Le, Dzung H. Nguyen, Paul R. Broadway, Lacey M. Guillen, Mindy M. Brashears, Janet R. Donaldson, M. Wes Schilling, Chelsie B. Dahlgren, Brian J. Rude, Mark A. Crenshaw, Thu T. N. Dinh DA - 2022/3// DO - 10.22175/mmb.12933 IS - 1 VL - 6 PB - Iowa State University Digital Press PY - 2022 TI - Influence of Market Type and Time of Purchase on Bacterial Counts and Salmonella and Listeria Prevalence in Whole Chickens in Vietnam T2 - Meat and Muscle Biology UR - https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/mmb/article/id/12933/ ER -