Survey for Salmonellae in porcine bile and cecums and on equipment surfaces in an Ohio abattoir.
Porcine bile samples and cecal swabbings and environmental swabbings collected from an abattoir in Columbus, Oh, were examined for salmonellae. Of 40 cecal swabbings, 6 were culture-positive for Salmonella choleraesuis and 2 of 25 swabbings of surfaces that were in contact with edible products were culture-positive for Salmonella typhimurium. All of 500 bile samples were Salmonella-free.
D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000382:microbiology*; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology*; D009820:Ohio; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*