Prevalence and associated risk factors of Salmonella spp. On the pork production chain in Córdoba, Argentina

Pork head meat may harbor Salmonella and contaminate other carcass byproducts during harvest and fabrication. A large pork processing plant in the United States was sampled bimonthly for 11 months to determine the concentration, prevalence, seasonality, serotype diversity, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella enterica isolated from cheek meat and head trim of swine carcasses. Each collection consisted of 25 samples on 2 consecutive days in the morning and afternoon shifts, for a total of 100 cheek meat and 100 head trim samples each month. Tissues were cultured for Salmonella using restrictive media and enrichment techniques, and a subset of isolates was serotyped, analyzed for antimicrobial susceptibility, and genome sequenced. Salmonella post-enrichment prevalence did not differ ( P = 0.20) between cheek meat (63%) and head trim (66%). Post-enrichment prevalence differed ( P < 0.05) by month (January 94%; March 80%; May 54%; July 59%; September 47%; and November 55%), and by processing shift (morning 68%; afternoon 62%). The subset (n = 618) of isolates selected for serotyping yielded 21 distinct serotypes: Typhimurium (49%), Infantis (10%), Heidelberg (8%), I 4,[5],12:i- (8%), and 17 other types (≤ 5%). A total of 407 multidrug-resistant (MDR; resistance to 3 or more antibiotic classes) isolates were identified. There were 120 isolates that exhibited the penta-resistant ACSSuT phenotype. In addition, 113 isolates exhibited decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (DSC; MIC ≥ 0.12 µg/mL). Resistance genes bla CARB , bla SHV , bla TEM , aac(6')-Ib-cr , qnrB , sul2 , and dfrA were expressed in numerous MDR Salmonella isolates. The data from the present study suggest that pork products from the head, as compared to data reported for carcasses, may have a relatively high prevalence of Salmonella with diverse serotypes and MDR.

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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica from Head Meat and Trim for Ground Product at Pork Processing Facilities

Wottlin

Harvey

Norman

et al. 2022

Journal of Food Protection

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Prevalence and associated risk factors of Salmonella spp. On the pork production chain in Córdoba, Argentina

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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica from Head Meat and Trim for Ground Product at Pork Processing Facilities

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