Microbial quality of rabbit meat carcasses sold on the local and foreign market

Abstract

The purpose of the scientific investigation study was the microbiological research of the quality of the domestic rabbit carcasses sold in various storage periods and temperatures and the interpretation of the data obtained according to the aspects of the microbiological quantitative values. The quality aspects of the rabbit carcasses were revealed according to the organoleptic and microbiological indices, which confirmed the quality of the rabbit carcasses after the evaluations of the quality indices and their use in the food chain. In the same time, in the scientific article was analysed the local and foreign market of rabbit meat and the main problems faced by rabbit meat producers from the Republic of Moldova.