Frequência de Salmonella spp. em carcaças de frango, no Programa Nacional de Controle de Patógenos - PNCP/MAPA, analisadas no Laboratório Federal de Defesa Agropecuária - LFDA/PE

Abstract

The Estágio Supevisionado Obrigatório (ESO) is the compulsory subject of the eleventh period of the bachelor's degree in Veterinary Medicine at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). Through this it is possible to apply the knowledge obtained during the course in the practical performance of the professional area chosen by the student. It is based on the practical experience of 420 hours, in a certain sub-area of veterinary medicine, whose purpose is to make the student able to perform his/her function, by acquiring the title of veterinarian. In this sense, the main objective of this report is to demonstrate the activities carried out by the student in monitoring the laboratory routine corresponding to the Federal inspection programs of products of animal origin required by the Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) and carried out by the Laboratório Federal de Defesa Agropecuária (LFDA), experiencing procedures such as microbiological analyses, packaging of samples under analysis, quantitative evaluations, issuing reports and the disposal and cleaning of some materials, under the guidance and supervision, respectively, of Professor Dr. Maria Betânia de Queiroz Rolim and Federal Agricultural Tax Auditor and Technical Responsible of the Laboratório de Microbiologia dos Alimentos of the LFDA, Dr. Katarina Mendonça Ribeiro; and as a secondary objective, to investigate the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in chicken carcass in the Programa Nacional de Controle de Patógenos – PNCP/MAPA. The ESO took place from February 14 to May 26, 2022, in the Microbiologia dos Alimentos sector of the LFDA/PE, which is one of the six laboratories accredited to the national network linked to the Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária, through the Coordenação-Geral de Laboratórios Agropecuários – CGAL/DTEC/SDA. The internship made it possible to acquire knowledge of current norms in the federal inspection of products of animal origin, both for the purpose of export and for consumption in the domestic market, and also measured the prevalence of an important pathogen in chicken carcass during the period that the Internship.