Factors associated with the dissemination of Salmonellae in turkey products and processing plants

Isolation of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli from turkeys in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, and their antibiogram profile

“…E. coli isolated from fecal and cloacal swab samples collected from turkey farms were compared with the previous results [ 24 – 26 ]. The isolates of E. coli showing the results in biochemical tests, including MR, VP, and indole tests, were similar to the previous reports [ 27 – 29 ].…”

Experimental Approaches to Poultry Meat Surface Pasteurization by Condensing Vapors

“…These cases arose mainly in institutional type feeding, so we may suspect that they might have been caused by poor handling practices in the institutional kitchens. However, the fact remains that poultry represents a widespread and ever present reservoir of salmonellae on the farm, in the processing plant (Bryan, 1965), and in the finished product (Sadler and Corstvet, 1965) as it moves to the point of consumption to be cooked. Since subjection of poultry meat products to an adequate end point cooking temperature will destroy all potential pathogenic microorganisms, it is reasonable to assume that the critical hazard lies in cross contamination between contaminated raw poultry, food handling surfaces, and food products that will not receive pathogenkilling heat treatment between contamination and consumption.…”

The Salmonella Problem with Particular Reference to Meat Hygiene

“…The monitoring of fluff and meconium at the hatchery, faeces from 3-7 day old chicks and litter at 3 and 6 weeks can be used as an indicator of flock infection and carcase contamination (Bhatia and McNabb, 1980). Serotypes occurring on the farm of origin are transferred to both the processed meat and the plant environment (Bryan, 1966;De Vriese et al, 1970) with the result that clean batches of birds passing through the plant later are contaminated (Bryan et al, 1968). The treatment of clinical outbreaks of salmonellosis on a farm will reduce mortality but Knivett and Tucker (1971) showed that despite treatment with furazolidone, 50% of chickens experimentally infected with S. typhimurium carried the organism in the caecae, liver or spleen when slaughtered 2 months after challenge.…”