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J Vet Sci. 2007 Jun;8(2):155-161 |
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Dissemination and tracking of Salmonella spp. in integrated broiler operation
Aeran Kim1, Young Ju Lee2,*, Min Su Kang1, Sang Ick Kwag3, Jae Keun Cho4 |
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1National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Anyang 430-824, Korea 2College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea 3College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea 4Daegu Metropolitan City Research Institute of Health & Environment, Daegu 706-732, Korea
* youngju@knu.ac.kr |
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Controlling Salmonella in integrated broiler operation
is complicated because there are numerous potential
sources of Salmonella contamination, including chicks,
feed, rodents, wild poultry operations, and the processing
plant. The objective of this study was to investigate the
distribution of Salmonella through all phases of two
integrated broiler operations and to determine the key
areas related to the control of all known sources of
infection. Two different Salmonella serotypes were observed
at integrated broiler chicken company A. S. enteritidis, the
predominant company A isolate, was consistently found in
the breeder farm, hatcheries, broiler farms, and chicken
slaughterhouse. At company B, a total of six different
serotypes, S. heidelberg, S. senftenberg, S. enteritidis, S.
blockley, S. gallinarum, and S. virchow, were detected.
Although S. heidelberg was not found in the broiler farms,
it was consistently found in the breeder farm, hatcheries,
and chicken slaughterhouse. In addition, S. enteritidis was
found in the hatcheries, broiler farm, and chicken
slaughterhouse. In order to obtain the genetic clonality, 22
S. enteritidis isolates were digested with XbaI and analyzed
by pulsed-field gel electrohporesis (PFGE). A difference in
the PFGE pattern was found to be related to the origin of
the integrated broiler operation. These data support the
critical need to control Salmonella in breeder farms and
hatcheries, and demonstrate important points related to
the control of infection in large-scale poultry operations of
Korea.
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