Prevalence of Salmonella Organisms in Poultry and Poultry Environments in Jamaica

Curtello, Suzette; Vaillant, Angel Justiz; Asemota, Helen N.; Akpaka, Patrick Eberechi; Smikle, Monica P.

doi:10.9734/bmrj/2013/4255

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“…This result closely corroborates the 31.6%, 60% and 93.5% respectively [30,17,21]. Such high prevalence rates suggest that the birds themselves harbour the Salmonella species in their gut to considerable levels and as a consequence can be attributed to the death of birds, reduced egg and chick productivity from the stand point of animal health and also economically.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…In USA, a prevalence rate of 29% was reported from poultry litter [25], Liljebjelke et al, recorded 21.8% in Georgia [19] and 2% in Jamaica [21]. However, this study recorded high (70.6%) rate of recovery of Salmonella isolates from the poultry litter/faeces sample points (E3) in Calabar.…”

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confidence: 51%

“…This contradicted the works of EFSA, [21,37] and Suresh [34] who recorded relatively very low prevalence rates of 0.34%, 1% and 1.8% of Salmonella contaminated eggs respectively. Nevertheless, the work carried out in Plateau, Nigeria recorded a prevalence rate of 32.5% from retailed eggs [35].…”

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confidence: 64%

“…This poses a serious threat both to the poultry birds themselves and most importantly to the consumer population. Several studies from different parts of the world have revealed varying recovery rates of the contamination of poultry samples by Salmonella species: a prevalence rate of 70.5% was reported in Brazil [13], 63.6% in Ethiopia [14], 53% in Vietnam [15], 35% in Spain [16], 26.6% in Bangladesh [17], 17% in USA [18], 10.1% in Georgia [19], 5% by [20] and 1% in Jamaica [21]. Such varying prevalence rates could be attributed to the differences in the geographical location as well as the standards of hygiene and sanitation practices observed by these regions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Critical Segments in the Dissemination and Transmission of Salmonella Species from Poultry Production in Calabar, Nigeria

Yhiler¹,

Bassey²

2015

SJPH

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Salmonella species are ubiquitous enteric bacteria, its ability to survive at different stages of the poultry production and food processing chain has been frequently reported in recent years. The present study was undertaken to investigate the points in the segments involved in the production of poultry in Calabar as vital sources of dissemination and transmission of Salmonella species to humans. A total of 374 samples were collected from three study segments involved in the production of poultry in Calabar, within the period of August 2013 and May 2014. 170 samples were collected from different points in poultry environment which includes (feed from feeders, water from drinkers, litter/faeces from floor, abattoir reins and drag swab from wall); 136 samples were taken from the live birds (cloacal swab, gut, carcass and egg); and 68 samples were derived from poultry handlers (stool specimens and hand wash). The samples were collected aseptically and analysed for the presence of Salmonella species based on the ISO 6579:2002 involving standard bacteriological, biochemical and serologic techniques. The Chi-square, student t-test and simple descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data obtained in this study at 95% confidence level. Salmonella species were recovered from 221 (59.1%) of the examined samples involved in the production of poultry in Calabar. There was no significant statistical difference in the rate of recovery of Salmonella species from the poultry environmental segment (58.8%), bird segment (55.1%) and poultry handlers segment (67.6%) (P = 0.230), implying that these three segments are equally important in the maintenance, dissemination and transmission of Salmonella species. Salmonella species were recovered from all the study sample points implying that all the study poultry sample points are sources of Salmonella species. However, the highest recovery rate of Salmonella species was observed in the stool sample points of poultry handlers (91.2%) and poultry gut sample points (79.4%) which were significantly different from the rest of the poultry sample points (P = 0.021), implying that these two sample points are the major sources of Salmonella species and are critical in the dissemination and transmission of Salmonella species.

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Critical Segments in the Dissemination and Transmission of Salmonella Species from Poultry Production in Calabar, Nigeria

Yhiler¹,

Bassey²

2015

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“…Similar rate of salmonellae isolation (2%) in intensively reared chickens was reported in northern Thailand by Hanson et al (2002). Isolation rate obtained in the present study was higher compared to 0%, 0.8% and 0.83% rates reported by Curtello et al (2013) in Jamaica, Aragaw et al (2010) in Ethiopia and Ammar et al (2010) in Algeria respectively. The direct plating out method of the samples without enrichment and improved poultry hygienic conditions reported in these studies could have contributed to the lower rates.…”

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Prevalence and Antibiogram Profile of Salmonellae in Intensively Reared and Backyard Chickens in Nsukka Area, Nigeria

Obi¹,

Ike²

2015

Nig. J. Biotechnol

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Salmonellosis is a veterinary and public health problem of major importance. It is a leading cause of food poisoning in humans and an important cause of various diseases of livestock resulting in high morbidity and mortality. A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of salmonellae in intensively reared and backyard chickens from poultry farms and markets across Nsukka environs, and to determine their antimicrobial susceptibility profiles. A total of 300 chickens comprising of 150 intensively reared and 150 backyard chickens were sampled by cloacal swab using International Office of Epizootics (OIE) standards. Out of 300 samples, 12 (4%) were positive for salmonellae. Salmonellae prevalence rates of 1.3% in intensively reared and 6.7% in backyard chickens were observed. The prevalence rate of salmonellae was significantly higher (P ˂ 0.05) in backyard chickens than in intensively reared chickens. The antibiogram studies showed that the Salmonella serovars were totally (100%) resistant to amoxicillin and augmentin, moderately sensitive to nalidixic acid (67%) and nitrofurantoin (83%); and fully sensitive (100%) to ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, cotrimoxazole, and gentamicin. The MIC ranges for cotrimoxazole, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, and tetracycline, were 8-16, 0.016-0.125, 0.5-1.0, and 2.0-8.0 µg/ml, respectively. MBC values of 0.031-0.5, 1.0-4.0, and 64.0-512.0 µg/ml, were obtain for ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, and tetracycline, respectively. This study have shown that poultry birds harbour Salmonella spp. and could serve as reservoirs for the rare serotypes whose transmission vehicles remain unknown.

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Universal enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and utility in the detection of antibodies against Salmonella spp. in several animal species

Justiz-Vaillant¹,

Ferrer-Cosme²,

Curtello

2020

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The aims of this research are confirming the feasibility of hybrid immunoglobulin-binding reagents, its used in ELISAs for IgG/IgY detection and detecting specific antibodies against an infectious microorganism (Salmonella spp) in various animal species using a universal diagnostic ELISA. Hybrid immunoglobulin-binding bacterial proteins (IBP) including recombinant protein LA, recombinant protein LG, and recombinant protein AG have been produced for improvement of their binding affinity to a much larger number of immunoglobulins. This hybrid bacterial protein thus represents a powerful tool for binding, detection, and purification of immunoglobulins and their fragments. However, SpLA-LG-peroxidase and SpLAG-anti-IgY-peroxidase were produced by the periodate method. They have shown to be effective reagents. Their binding affinity to immunoglobulins surpasses previous hybrid IgG-binding proteins reported, including the most known SpAG, SpLA and SpLG. The IgY fraction was isolated from the egg yolks of a variety of birds including species of chicken, bantam hen, guinea hen, quail, goose, duck, wild and domestic pigeon, parakeet, cattle egret, pheasant, and ostrich. The IgY fraction was isolated by the chloroform-polyethylene glycol (PEG) method. An ELISA for anti-Salmonella spp antibodies was employed with some modifications to determine the presence of antibodies in humans, laying hens, geese, quails, and pigeons. Salmonella are motile, flagellated rod-shaped zoonotic pathogens which may survive with or without oxygen. They belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae and is implicated with typhoid fever and food-borne illnesses. This pathogen is associated with several diseases, which may become fatal and negatively impact the health of individuals and various economies globally. The poultry industry is most impacted and vulnerable to the onslaught of this pernicious microbe.

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Prevalence of Salmonella Organisms in Poultry and Poultry Environments in Jamaica

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Critical Segments in the Dissemination and Transmission of Salmonella Species from Poultry Production in Calabar, Nigeria

Critical Segments in the Dissemination and Transmission of Salmonella Species from Poultry Production in Calabar, Nigeria

Prevalence and Antibiogram Profile of Salmonellae in Intensively Reared and Backyard Chickens in Nsukka Area, Nigeria

Universal enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and utility in the detection of antibodies against Salmonella spp. in several animal species

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