The presence of Salmonella was investigated in transport boxes of newly hatched chicks in the moment they were received in the farms. 1,611 boxes, delivered to 15 farms (one broiler grand-parent farm, four broiler parent farms, two commercial broiler chick farms and seven laying hens farms) were tested. A total of 19 visits to these farms were done, and Salmonella was detected in ten of these visits. Salmonella Heidelberg was detected in boxes in five farms. S. Heidelberg and S. Mbandaka were simultaneously detected in one broiler breeder farm. Salmonella Enteritidis alone, S. Enteritidis and S. Mbandaka and S. Cerro alone were detected in three, one and one laying hens farms, respectively.
Resumo:Foram colhidas 50 amostras de fezes de mutuns do Criadouro Científico e Cultural Poços de Caldas. A amostras foram enriquecidas em meio caldo Tetrationato e Selenito-Cistina e plaqueadas em Salmonella Shigella (SS), Mac Conkey (MC), Endo-C (EC), Verde Brilhante (VB) e Eosina Azul de Metileno (EMB), a 37º C por 24h. Colônias suspeitas de Salmonella spp foram inoculadas em tubos contendo Ágar Tríplice Açúcar Ferro (TSI) e incubadas a 37 ºC por 24 h. Os tubos com crescimento característico foram submetidas ao teste de aglutinação em lâmina com soros polivalentes somático e flagelar. Os meios SS, MC e VB foram os mais eficientes para o cultivo, sendo 6% das amostras, positivas para Salmonella spp. Sabendo-se que as aves são reservatórios importantes de Salmonella spp e que esta pode representar um alto risco para a saúde humana, há a necessidade de implantação de uma rotina de limpeza dos recintos para evitar contaminação entre os recintos e o consequente carreamento destes micro-organismos, pelos tratadores, até suas residências ou outros recintos. A presença da Salmonella spp em criadouros pode ser responsável pela menor eclodibilidade dos ovos, prejudicando o objetivo da entidade, que visa o estudo e a manutenção das diferentes espécies de aves silvestres. Palavras-chave: cultura microbiológica; fezes; mutum; Salmonella. Abstract:We collected 50 samples of curasow feces from the Scientific and Cultural Breeding Center in the city of Poços de Caldas. The samples were enriched in broth medium Tetrationato and Cystineselenite and plated on Salmonella Shigella (SS), Mac Conkey (MC), endo-C (EC), Brilliant Green (VB) and Eosyn Methilen Blue EMB, remaining at 37 °C for 24h. Colonies suspected of Salmonella were inoculated in tubes containing Agar Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) and again incubated at 37 ºC for 24h. Tubes with characteristic growth were submitted to slide agglutination test with polyvalent somatic and flagellar serum. The medium SS, MC and VB were the most efficient for growing, and 36% of samples were positive for Salmonella spp. As birds are important reservoirs of
Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar Gallinarum (SG) is a host-specific bacteria that causes the fowl typhoid (FT). This disease is highly pathogenic to commercial chickens, specially brown layers and breeders, causing acute septicemia followed by high morbidity and mortality. Vaccination is extensively adopted in the fields as a biosafety tool for prevention of isolated infections and outbreaks in commercial poultry flocks. The present study evaluated the use of an attenuated SG with deletions on genes cobS and cbiA (SGΔcobSΔcbiA) as a live vaccine, using vaccination schemes adjusted for field conditions. To this end, brown layers were used in two different experiments, to evaluate the long-term protection, necessary in the fields. The vaccination scheme on the first experiment consisted of two doses, the first at 4 th week-of-age and the booster dose at 8 th week-of-age with challenge at 16 th week-of-age with wild SG strain. On the second experiment, the vaccination was carried out by different routes using three doses of the live vaccine, at 4 th , 8 th and 12 th weeks-of-age, and the challenge was done at 20 th weeks-of-age. After the challenge, the mortality was recorded during 28 days, and the egg production (experiment 2) was evaluated and compared with the group of unvaccinated layers. In both experiments, the mortality was significantly reduced, and the egg production was not affected in vaccinated layer-hens. In summary, this study shows the efficacy and the protection of different vaccination schemes against FT that can be applied under field conditions in commercial poultry farms.
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