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The prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis and other Salmonella spp. among Canadian registered commercial chicken broiler flocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. Poppe ,
R. J. Irwin ,
S. Messier ,
G. G. Finley  and
J. Oggel
C. Poppe
Affiliation:
Health of Animals Laboratory, 110 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 3W4, Canada
R. J. Irwin
Affiliation:
Health of Animals Laboratory, 110 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 3W4, Canada
S. Messier
Affiliation:
Health of Animals Laboratory, 3400 boul. Casavant Ouest, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, J2S 8E3, Canada
G. G. Finley
Affiliation:
Health of Animals Laboratory, P.O. Box 1410, 4 College St., Sackville, N.B., E0A 3C0, Canada
J. Oggel
Affiliation:
Laboratory Services Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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A nation-wide survey was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis and other salmonellas among Canadian commercial broiler flocks. Environmental (litter and/or water) samples from 226 of 294 (76·9%) randomly selected flocks were contaminated with salmonellas. Litter samples were more often contaminated with salmonellas than water samples (47·4 ν 12·3%). Fifty different salmonella serovars were isolated. The most prevalent serovars were S. hadar, S. infantis, and S. schwarzengrund; they were isolated from samples of 98/294 (33·3%), 26/294 (8·8%), and 21/294 (7·1%) flocks, respectively. Feed samples of 39/290 (13·4%) flocks were contaminated with salmonellas. Salmonella enteritidis was isolated from the environmental samples of 9/294 (3·1%) flocks. Salmonella enteritidis phage type (PT) 8 was isolated from seven flocks, and PT 13a from two flocks.

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Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 107 , Issue 1 , August 1991 , pp. 201 - 211
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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